There are 3 many ingredients you need to make the perfect lemonade. Lemon juice – fresh is best but bottled can still make a great homemade lemonade. Sweetener – usually you see this in the form of refined white granulated sugar but in this recipe, I use raw natural honey. Water – this can be in the form of warm or cold water or ice cubes. Directions. Combine water, sugar, lemon juice, and cranberry juice in a large pitcher; stir until sugar dissolves. Serve in tall glasses over ice. I Made It. Stir gently to mix. Taste and add additional sugar syrup if desired (see above). Bottle the limoncello: Insert the funnel in the neck of one of the bottles and fill with limoncello. Repeat with remaining bottles. Chill and store: Chill the limoncello in the fridge or freezer for at least 4 hours before drinking. Slice two of the lemons into thin slices (try to remove all the seeds and discard). In a large bowl, using a potato masher, mash the sugar and the lemon slices until the sugar is completely wet, about 1 minute. Juice the remaining 8 lemons (for 2 cups lemon juice; use more lemons, if needed, to get to that amount). Step 3: Make the Simple Syrup. Pour one cup of sugar into your glass measuring cup and add one cup of water on top. Take a paring knife and cut off sections of zest from one of your lemon halves. Pop them in the cup and then put the mix in the microwave for four minutes. Once it's out, stir to dissolve all the sugar and take out the zest. Firmly roll each lemon on the countertop a few times. Cut the lemons in half and juice them. Remove all the seeds, but leave the pulp. Set juice aside until the syrup has chilled. COMBINE. Mix the lemonade by adding the chilled syrup, lemon juice, and 7 cups of water to a pitcher. Stir and serve. Add the remaining lemon juice, water, and sugar to the bowl and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Taste, then and add more sugar, lemon juice or water if necessary (keep in mind that ice cubes will water it down). Pour into glasses with ice cubes and garnish with lemon wedges, raspberries and fresh mint, if desired. Add the mango and 3 cups of prepared lemonade, and the lime juice to a blender. Blend until smooth. Pour the mixture into a pitcher, for thinner lemonade, pour through a fine strainer or sieve. Finish: Add the remaining 5 cups of lemonade to the pitcher and stir. Add fresh mangoes to glasses with ice for serving. Strawberry Lemonade: In a small saucepan combine 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water; cook and stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Set aside to cool.In a blender combine remaining 3 cups water, 1/2 cup sugar, and 2 cups of fresh strawberries, hulled; process until smooth. Transfer to a 2-quart pitcher; add cooled syrup, 1 tablespoon daM6ADz.

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