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13 Not-So-Average Lemonade RecipesThis summer, quench your thirst with these creative and satisfying twists on traditional lemonade |
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Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups fresh squeezed lemon juice, from about 9 lemons
1-3/4 cups sugar
8 cups coconut water
4 cups water
1/2 recipe Lavender Simple Syrup (recipe follows)
Directions:
Place the lemon juice, sugar, coconut water and water into a pitcher and shake or stir vigorously until all the sugar dissolves. Pour half of the lavender syrup into the pitcher and stir.
Lavender Simple Syrup Recipe
Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups water
3 tablespoons dried lavender
A few drops of violet food coloring (optional)
Directions: Combine the sugar, water and lavender in a heavy bottomed saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil on high heat, and boil for one minute. Remove from the heat, cover and let the lavender steep in the syrup for 20 minutes.
Strain through a fine mesh sieve to remove the lavender, and add the food coloring. Set the syrup aside to cool. Once cooled, place in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to one week.
Recipe courtesy of confectionalism.com
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