Summer Lemonade

After a few weeks under the Belgian rain I am now back in Milan where it is boiling hot. Aah! Finally some sun…

 

One of the things I love to do when the temperature rises is… to make lemonades! Yes! I always loved fruity things but I guess it was when living in London that I became addicted thanks to the delicious Waitrose‘s home made lemonade. So when I left London, I then tried to recreate my own adding sometimes mint, sometimes, ginger or even strawberries and it quickly became my favorite summer drink. And when I was organizing parties my friends could just add a drop of rum to turn it into an exotic cocktail…

 

So today I thought… Why not share one of my recipe with you guys?

[hr_caption]Spicy Lemonade[/hr_caption]

[hr_caption]Ingredients (for 1Liter)[/hr_caption]

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[li]2 1/2 lemons[/li]

[li]6 spoon of unrefined cane sugar[/li]

[li]1 ginger (if you are not a fan of ginger you can replace it with some mint leafs)[/li]

[li]water[/li]

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Note that if you are not sure about certain quantity, it is always better to put less and add the rest later according to your taste.

[hr_caption]Recipe[/hr_caption]

Squeeze the juice of the lemons and verse it into a glass bottle or container.

Cut a piece of ginger (I usually cut it the size of a cherry tomato), peel it and slice it roughly. Into a a mixer, put the ginger, cover it with a little bit of water and mix until liquid.

Using a stainer, pour the preparation into the glass bottle with the lemon juice.

 

 

Place the cane sugar in a cooking pot with some water and heat it slowly until you the sugar melted. Pour the sirup into your bottle. Fill up the rest of the bottle with water , shake and TA-DAA!

 

Serve it fresh and enjoy!

 

Let me know if you liked it and if you added your personal touch, I would be curious to know your version so don’t hesitate to share it below. But tell me, what is your favorite summer drink?