French Lavender Lemonade
By: Sommer
Published: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 10:34pm

Ingredients




10 cups water, divided
3 cups sugar
1/2 cup lavender leaves, roughly chopped
2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice, from 9-11 lemons
Ice

Fresh lavender sprigs for garnishing

Preparation

1 In a medium sauce pan, combine 5 cups of water, with the sugar and lavender leaves. Bring to a boil. Once boiling, stir and cover. Then remove from heat and allow the lavender to steep until the mixture returns to room temperature. 2 Squeeze the lemons, and removing any runaway seeds. When the “lavender infusion” has cooled, strain out the lavender leaves. Pour the infusion, lemon juice, and another 5 cups of water into a large pitcher. 3 Add ice and garnish with delicate lavender sprigs!

About


I cut the lavender right out of my flower bed Then pulled the leaves off the stems, in the same way you would pull the leaves downward off a sprig of rosemary, saving the flowers for the garnish.