Lemonade with Lemonade Ice Cubes

Name: Lemonade with Lemonade Ice Cubes
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H15M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H19M0.000S
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 2 cups fresh squeezed lemon juice; 1 cup sugar; 1 gallon cold water, or to taste; Fresh mint leaves; 1 orange, segmented

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Level: Easy
Total: 19 min

Prep: 15 min
Inactive: 4 min

Yield: 8 servings

Level: Easy
Total: 19 min

Prep: 15 min
Inactive: 4 min

Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

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2 cups fresh squeezed lemon juice

1 cup sugar

1 gallon cold water, or to taste

Fresh mint leaves

1 orange, segmented

Directions

In a large pitcher, whisk the lemon juice and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Add the water to taste. Fill 2 ice-cube trays with the lemonade and place a mint leaf and a piece of cut up orange segment in each compartment. Reserve the rest in the refrigerator. When frozen, turn them into a frozen bowl or an ice sculpture and place on a buffet with the pitcher of lemonade beside them to serve over the ice cubes.
Notes about the recipe: I love making ice cubes with surprises inside that add more flavor to a drink once they melt. And why have a melting ice cubes dilute a drink? Make it from something flavorful and it will add rather than take away from the taste. At Tru I make pineapple water ice cubes with candied lemon rind imbedded and serve them with plum or rhubarb lemonade.