Ingredients
- 4 lemons, plus slices for garnish
- 3 limes, plus slices for garnish
- 1/3 cup fresh mint leaves
- 3/4 cup superfine sugar, plus additional if desired, divided
- 8 cups cold water
Directions
Squeeze the juice from the lemons and limes over a strainer into a glass measuring cup (about 1 cup of juice).
In the bottom of a tall pitcher, use a wooden spoon to gently mash the mint leaves with 1/4 cup of the sugar. Add the strained juice; stir well to dissolve the sugar. Add the cold water and the remaining 1/2 cup sugar to the pitcher; stir well to dissolve the sugar. Taste for sweetness and add more sugar, if desired. Chill before serving.
Serve poured over ice in tall glasses garnished with lemon and lime slices.
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By MGG04
Overland Park, KS
on July 15, 2012
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I love limonade and this recipe was great! I have so much mint growing in my garden that I was glad to be able to use it with this recipe. I followed the tip below and made a simple syrup with 1 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar and added it to the recipe. I also added the 1/4 cup of sugar to the mint at first, for a total of 1 1/4 cups of sugar; and I kept the 8 cups of water.
By FoodRulz
on May 25, 2012
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I wasn't sure it I would like this, but I thought I would give it a try. It was a little time consuming to make, but well worth it. It was really quite refreshing.
By queencupcake
Farr West
on April 08, 2012
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I'm a real lover of citrus and as soon as I saw the segment of Paula and Bobby making this recipe I knew I must try it. It is so light and refreashing. I'm always looking to cut down on sugar and calories where I can so I replaced the sugar with a 1/4 cup plus 2 tbls of Truvia sweetner.
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