Recipe: Lavender Lemonade

Photo: Little Sky Lavender Farm

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Edited by: Little Sky Lavender Farm

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Tags: Beverage, Drink, Juice, Lavender, Lemonade, Littlesky

Yield: 2 quarts

Ingredients

	First step is to prepare the Simple Syrup:
1	cup sugar
2	tablespoons Little Sky ground lavender
	grated zest of 2 lemons
2	cups water
	(You can use Little Sky lavender sugar, and omit the dried culinary lavender)

Preparation

Step 1	In a medium saucepan combine the water, sugar, lavender and lemon zest.
Step 2	Bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute, until sugar dissolves.
Step 3	Let steep 20-30 minutes.
Step 4	Strain and discard the solids. Set aside.
Step 5	In a 2 quart pitcher combine 4 cups water and 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice.
Step 6	Add the syrup and ice to the top, stir and chill (or serve in ice filled glasses).

Tools

Saucepan

About Lavender Lemonade

Note: Lavender and lemon pair very nicely together. Depending on your tastes you can increase the amount of time you steep the lavender when making the syrup.
The Simple Syrup recipe can be used to flavor teas, mixed drinks, and poured over fresh fruit!

To purchase our culinary lavender, go to our website: littleskylavender.com and click on our Culinary Lavender Products page.