Even though it’s not so hot in London, and we had some rain on Sunday, I still needed something fresh, so I thought: a lemonade will be great!
Ingredients (for two lemonades):
1 lemon
1 lime
2 pinches of ground ginger
2 tsp caster sugar
4 mint leaves
2 thin slices of lime to garnish
cold still water – around 400 ml
Method:
Squeeze half a lemon and half a lime and put the juice in a glass. Add 1 tsp of sugar and 1 small pinch of ground ginger and stir well. Add two mint leaves and 1 lime slice and enough water to fill the glass. Stir again well – and here you have your nicely flavoured lemonade.
Is it possible to use fresh ginger? If so, how would you go about it?
@Sam Eh: I am not sure what to say about that. I find ginger a bit too spicy, so I only used a small pinch of the ground one. I guess one could grate a fine piece of ginger let in sit in the lemon juice for a while, and then just remove it – so that the lemonade will not be so spicy.
I love adding brown sugar instead of caster sugar and sometimes I also like to add sparkling water instead of still water, but your version is also very goof during hot sunny days
@Joanna in the kitchen: you’re right you can add brown sugar, but I didn’t do that not to mess with the colour of the lemonade, so that I can take some nice pictures
. I can’t really drink fuzzy water, that’s why I used still, but fuzzy is great also.
That looks absolutely refreshing — perfect for the 114 degree day we have in store for us here in Phoenix today. I think I’ll use agave nectar in place of the sugar. It’s my go-to sugar replacement these days.
thank you! Agave nectar sound good, but I didn’t have any in my kitchen.
Add some vodka and you’ve got yourself a lovely little cocktail!
Or some rum and you’ll get a nice Mojito
Mica dear, this it the most tastefull lemonade I have ever had! I enjoyed every single gulp of it ;o)
kiss&hug
@Wannabee: thank you dear, you’re sweet as always
Hugs!