| No. of servings: Multiple | Cool Time: 1 hr |
| Preparation Time: 20 mins | Cook Time: 20 mins |
This refreshing summer drink tastes better than any store-bought lemonade without any unknown ingredients! Can be made with a variety of combinations in this manner.
Ingredients:
- Peaches - 6 large
- Strawberries - 20
- Lemon - 1 large
- Mint - 12 stalks
- Sugar - 1.5 cups
Method:
- Cut the peaches into wedges
- Chop the strawberries
- Squeeze the lemon juice
- Slice the lemon peel into thin slices
- Heat a large vessel and add strawberries and peaches
- Cook until they start getting tender
- Add half a cup of water and mint leaves (save 2 stalks for blending)
- Cook until peaches are completely soft
- Add 2 cups of water and bring to boil
- Turn off heat and let it cool completely
- Put this into a blender and make juice along with the lemon juice, zest and 2 stalks of fresh mint leaves
- Strain it through a cheesecloth bag
- In a vessel, add the sugar to half a cup of water and make a syrup by bringing it to boil for 3-5 minutes
- Add the strained fruit juices to this and turn off heat
- Bottle refrigerate this syrup
- To make the drink when needed, one part of this syrup to one part of ice-cold water
- Taste and adjust sugar as desired
- Add ice-cubes, a sprig of mint to garnish and serve chilled!
- Variation: One part of this syrup can be added to one part of lemon soda/sprite if preferred.
Tips and Tricks:
- Blending a couple stalks of fresh mint kicks up the flavors well
- Adding hot water to the cooking reduces cook time and it starts bubbling sooner
- Lemon peels need not cook too much. Adding it towards the end releases its tart flavor without overpowering the flavors of the fruit
- It is easier to extract the fruit juices and then add to the sugar syrup. This makes it easier to extract the juices rather than after adding the sugar!
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