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Recipe courtesy of Laura Calder
Recipe courtesy of Laura Calder
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Better Than Citron Presse
- Level: Easy
- Total: 1 hr 10 min
- Prep: 5 min
- Inactive: 1 hr
- Cook: 5 min
- Yield: 1 glass
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- Level: Easy
- Total: 1 hr 10 min
- Prep: 5 min
- Inactive: 1 hr
- Cook: 5 min
- Yield: 1 glass
Ingredients
2 cups sugar
Peel from 2 lemons, julienned, reserve lemon juice for drink
Fresh mint sprigs
Ice
Cold water
Directions
- Put the sugar and lemon peel in a saucepan with 2 cups water. Bring to a boil just 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, and cool. Store the syrup in a glass jar in the refrigerator.
- Put 1 tablespoon of lemon syrup in a glass with a few ice cubes and a sprig of fresh mint. Squeeze in the juice of half a lemon. Stir in cold water, to taste. Sweeten with more syrup, if you like.
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