Recipe courtesy of Curtis Aikens
Old Fashioned Lemonade
- Yield: approximately 2 quarts
- Total: 25 min
- Prep: 25 min
Ingredients
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
Peel of 1 lemon, cut into strips
Juice of 6 lemons
Fresh mint sprigs and lemon slices, for garnish
Directions
- In a small saucepan bring sugar and water to a boil, add peel and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, bring to room temperature and strain out peel. To a 2 quart pitcher add lemon juice and 1/2 cup of the syrup and 5 cups water stir, taste, adjust ratio of water and syrup. Serve over ice garnished with a mint sprig.