Real American Lemonade

Name: Real American Lemonade
Total time: 6 h 30 min
Yield: 6-8
Ingredients: 6-7 large lemons; 1 cup of sugar; 1.5 liters of bottled water; lemon slices for serving; sprigs of mint for serving

Cookinero 27 January 2023

When a jug with this bright, tasty and rather concentrated drink appears on your table, it becomes joyful, like in childhood.

How to cook Real American Lemonade

Step 1

Wash the lemons with a brush. Remove the zest from 3 lemons. Squeeze juice from all lemons. Pour bottled water into a large saucepan, bring to a boil and remove from heat.

Step 2

Put the zest, juice and sugar in a saucepan with boiling water. Refrigerate for 6 hours. Strain, pour into a pitcher of ice, add lemon slices or mint sprigs.