Summer is the time when recipes of interesting refreshing drinks become worth their weight in gold. We just picked up a couple of unusual varieties of lemonades with mint and lemon, able not only to deliciously quench your thirst, but also to refresh you on the hottest day.
Recipe for lemonade from lemon and mint with ginger
Lemonades are already prepared simply simply, but within the framework of this recipe, cooking takes just a few minutes, since only a few ingredients will have to be prepared. Depending on the desired degree of refreshing properties of the drink, you can supplement the recipe with more or less mint.
Ingredients:
- mint leaves - 6 pcs .;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- sweetener - to taste;
- ginger - 3 pieces;
- water 1.4 liters.
Preparation
Using a pestle, smash the mint leaves without turning them into porridge, but only breaking the integrity and releasing the essential oils. Add the selected sweetener to the mint. The latter can be either ordinary sugar, honey, agave syrup, or stevia. Next squeeze out the lemon juice and put the ginger. You can remove the strip of lemon peel from the lemon (without touching the bitter white part) and also send them into the vessel to the future lemonade. Pour all the water and leave in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours. During this time lemonade will have time not only to cool down, but also to be saturated with the flavors of all those additives that you decided to put to it.
Homemade lemonade - recipe from lemons and mint
Add another lemonade to your favorite summer guest - strawberries. Berries can be cut into large pieces and add to the beverage for color and aroma, or mashed to extract more and maximum taste.
Ingredients:
- Strawberry - 930 g;
- lemon juice - 165 ml;
- a small bundle of mint;
- honey - 115 ml;
- water - 1.2 liters.
Preparation
Before you make lemonade from lemon and mint, just warm up the water and dilute the honey in it. Leave the lemonade base aside and take over the strawberry puree. Whisk the strawberries until smooth, along with mint leaves and lemon juice. Dilute the puree with sweetened water and leave until completely cooled.
How to prepare lemonade with tarball and mint and lemon?
Ingredients:
- lemon juice - 235 ml;
- water 1.6 liters;
- a handful of fresh mint and tarragon ;
- sugar - 115 g.
Preparation
Put a little sugar in the mortar with mint leaves and tarragon. Rub everything with a pestle, violating the integrity of the leaves, but not scraping them. Transfer the fragrant mixture into a jug, pour the remaining sugar and add the lemon juice. Dilute lemonade with water and leave to cool, then serve.