How to make real lemonade (the most lemony lemonade you've maybe ever tasted!) with a simple technique that extracts extra flavor from the lemon peels.
PLUS: Old-Fashioned Homemade Lemonade is the first recipe in a new collection of easy-easy summer recipes, 'Summer Easy' I call it - there's even a theme song!
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When I was 12, the county 4-H clubs hired a bus to haul kids to the Minnesota State Fair 300 miles south.
Twas a trip of memorable firsts: I became a “woman” – if you know what I mean. In the darkness of a carnival ride, a boy named Joel held my hand. But most of all, I discovered the elixir of summer, real lemonade.
Good news, perfect lemonade is as close as our kitchens, no bus, no boy required.
When prepping the lemon peel, you want only the yellow part, not the white part which is called the pith. A knife works but is slow. A rasp Microplane works but consider straining the zest out after steeping. I use an inexpensive special tool for lemons that I really love. It’s called a ‘lemon stripper’ or a ‘channel knife’. The cookbook suggests freezing an extra batch in ice cube trays. Lemonade with lemonade ice cubes, anyone? Or gin and tonics with lemonade ice cubes? The ideas are endless!
OLD-FASHIONED HOMEMADE LEMONADE
Time to table: 2 hours
Makes 3 cups
- 1 cup sugar
- Peel (see TIPS) from 4 lemons
- 4 cups boiling water
- Juice and pulp from 4 lemons (about 1/2 cup)
- Extra lemon slices, for garnish
In a four-cup glass bowl, combine the sugar and lemon peel. Let rest for 30 minutes. Pour the boiling water over the sugar mixture and stir until sugar dissolves. Let steep for 30 minutes.
Pour the liquid into a pitcher, straining out the lemon peel. Stir in the lemon juice and chill.
Serve over ice. Savor every sip!
For slow lower-calorie sipping, mix a quarter cup of the lemonade with a cup of club soda. 
Introducing 'Summer Easy'
A Collection of Easy-Easy Summer Recipes
For days now, I've become obsessed with inspired by the idea of extra-simple recipes for summer. They're the easiest recipes ever, ones we may hardly think of as 'recipes,' really, you know, the ones where you tell your friends, "Just ...". So I'm going to spend the summer collecting these easy recipes for all of us to enjoy. I think it will be fun!
Readers, if you have a special recipe that's 'hardly' a recipe and is perfect for summer, will you share it? Just send me a quick recipes@kitchen-parade.com.
For more about the collection (and a few recipes that already qualify!) -- see Easy Summer Recipes.
More Cold Drinks for Summer
~ Elise's Tomato Gazpacho ~
~ Parade Day Gin & Tonics ~
~ more Drink & Smoothie recipes ~
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