MINT LEMONADE
By: Hadia Zebib
Published: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 - 3:10pm

Ingredients




1 kg/ 2lbs 4oz. fresh lemons
¾ cup granulated sugar
½ cup sugar syrup, room temperature
1 cup fresh mint leaves
3 cups of water

Preparation

1 Wash and pat dry the lemons. 2 Divide each lemon into quarters and place in a large bowl. 3 Add the sugar and water to the lemon pieces and marinate for 1 hour. 4 In the meantime, place the mint leaves in a bowl and pour the sugar syrup. Using an immersion blender pulse a few times until the mixture is smooth. Set aside. 5 Press the lemon quarters finely with your hands, pushing juices out, the more the better. 6 Discard the lemon peels. 7 Add the minted sugar syrup, you created, to the lemon juice, stir well. 8 Place a strainer on top of your jug, pour the lemonade through the strainer.Refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours. Serve with ice and sliced lemons! Enjoy!

About

Not only the lemonade tastes wonderful but it also has a lot of health benefits, lemons are high in vitamin c. They also contain B-complex vitamin, calcium, iron magnesium and potassium. Make this mint lemonade and you will never be able to drink the bottled or powder store bought lemonade.