vintage lemonade

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 5 lemons
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 1/4 quarts water

Recipe

Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 5 mins


• peel the rinds from the 5 lemons and cut them into 1/2 inch slices. set the lemons aside.
• place the rinds in a bowl and sprinkle the sugar over them. let this stand for about one hour, so that the sugar begins to soak up the oils from the lemons.
• bring water to a boil in a covered saucepan and then pour the hot water over the sugared lemon rinds. allow this mixture to cool for 20 minutes and then remove the rinds.
• squeeze the lemons into another bowl. pour the juice through a strainer into the sugar mixture. stir well, pour into pitcher and pop it in the fridge! serve with ice cubes.