In the heat it is especially pleasant to drink a glass of refreshing lemonade with mint flavor and unobtrusive sourness. You can prepare such a drink without much difficulty from the available components, and how to do it correctly and in what variations, we will tell below in our recipes.
How to make homemade lemonade with mint and lemon?
Ingredients:
- lemons - 480-520 g;
- mint - 1 bunch;
- purified water - 3 liters;
- granulated sugar - 200-300 g.
Preparation
Initially, boil water for lemonade and dissolve in it, while hot, granulated sugar. After cooling, squeeze the lemon juice into the container with water and throw the washed, dried and mashed leaves of mint. We have a bowl with a drink in the refrigerator for a couple of hours, after which we pour into a jug and can serve. In each glass of a drink we throw on a slice of a lemon and we supplement it with a small sprig of mint.
How to make lemonade from lemon and mint - a recipe with tarragon?
Ingredients:
- lemons - 240-270 g;
- fresh mint - 140 g;
- fresh tarragon - 140 g;
- purified water - 3 liters;
- sugar or honey - 150-200 g or to taste.
Preparation
To prepare the drink, you need to wash the branches of the freshest tarthun and mint, dry, dry off the leaves and grind them a little with a pestle. Now we pour the green aroma mass with water and squeeze the lemon juice to it. We also add the pulp of the lemon, cutting it into neat slices and kneading it a little.
If you use sugar as a sweetener, it must be dissolved in a small portion of the boiled water before adding it to the beverage. When using honey, we put it together with the rest of the ingredients into a beverage at room temperature, mix everything carefully and put it for cooling and infusion for at least three hours on the shelf of the refrigerator.
When serving, decorate the drink with a slice of lemon, a sprig of mint and throw ice cubes at will.
Recipe for lemonade from lemon, peppermint and ginger
Ingredients:
- lemons - 480-520 g;
- mint fresh - 1 large bunch;
- ginger root ground - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- purified water - 3 liters;
- sugar or honey - 150-200 g or to taste.
Preparation
A special spiciness drink will give in this case ginger root. To prepare this lemonade, we squeeze the juice from the lemon first, and cut the flesh into several pieces and put it in the blender's container. There we also put honey or granulated sugar, throw the cleaned and ground ginger root, put pre-washed sprigs of fresh mint, pour some water and break everything at medium speed until puree is formed. Fill the mass with the rest of the water and let stand for several minutes, then squeeze it using a gauze cut. Rigid component is thrown away, and the lemonade is poured into a jug, we add lemon juice, mix it and put it on the shelf of the refrigerator for cooling. When serving, we complement each glass of the drink with a slice of lemon and a small sprig of mint.
Homemade lemonade with mint, lemon and orange
Ingredients:
- lemons - 320 g;
- oranges - 450;
- mint - 1 bunch;
- purified water - 2 liters;
- sugar - 95 g or to taste.
Preparation
Lemons and oranges are washed and poured with boiling water for a couple of minutes. Now cut the citrus into small slices and put them in a container suitable for making lemonade. Add the same washed leaves of fresh mint and rub it all with a pestle before the beginning of the separation of the juice and the exchange of aromas. In a small amount of hot water we dissolve the sugar and pour the mixture to the fruit with mint. Once again we knead the contents of the crush, pour the rest of the water and leave it in the refrigerator for infusion and cooling for several hours.