A ready-made drink like lemonade can be bought in any supermarket or kiosk, however ... such drinks are usually highly carbonated (and this is harmful), and they contain any unused chemical additives, such as: flavors, dyes, preservatives and sweeteners which are just more thirsty). That is, there is no question of any usefulness. But it is not difficult to cook a delicious and healthy refreshing drink like lemonade yourself.
Homemade lemonade from lemons and oranges
Ingredients:
- lemons - 2 pieces;
- oranges - 3 pieces;
- water 3.5 liters;
- granulated sugar - 5-8 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
Pour the water into a saucepan and put it on the fire. We pour lemons and oranges with boiling water (previously prepared in a teapot) and thoroughly washed, cut the zest and cook it for 5-8 minutes. Filter, add sugar and necessarily cool, so that after adding the juice does not lose vitamin C - it breaks down at high temperature.
Squeeze juice from lemons and oranges and add it to the broth from the peel. Once again we filter. Cool to a temperature of 8-12 degrees and - you can serve. A leaf of fresh mint or basil in a glass will not spoil the taste of this drink. They can also dilute strong alcoholic beverages (gin, vodka), as well as use for preparing various complex cocktails. Of course, you can also make orange home-made lemonade a little differently.
The recipe for lemonade from red oranges with lemon and lime
Red orange has a more bitter and fresh taste, and lime gives a very special taste to any beverage.
Ingredients:
- red oranges - 3 pcs .;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- lime - 2 pieces;
- sugar - 5 -8 tbsp. spoons (or according to your taste).
Preparation
We scald the citrus with boiling water and wash it thoroughly with cold water. Cut the zest (preferably a special knife to make it look like a straw) Zalem zest for 3.5 liters of boiling water. Add sugar and soluble. Let's cool it. From the citrus we squeeze the juice and add to the cooled decoction of peel. Strain and cool.
You can fantasize about orange lemonade, adding juice of various citrus fruits and their numerous hybrids - this is really a matter of your imagination. Especially good for this grapefruit - they are juicy, not cloying and very useful. In the decoction, instead of or together with the zest, you can add the root of ginger - especially good is such a ginger lemonade for the cold season.