Lemonade

Total Time: 18 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 8 -9 lemons, rinsed (23/4 to 31/4 lb. total)
• lots ice cube
• thin lemon slice
• fresh mint leaves
• lemongrass, bruised for stirring and flavor

Recipe

• 1 in a 1-quart bowl combine sugar and 1 1/4 cups hot water.
• 2 micro and stir occasionally, until sugar is dissolved, 1 to 2 minutes.
• 3 meanwhile, zest 1 tablespoon lemon peel (yellow part only) from 2 or 3 lemons.
• 4 add peel to warm sugar mixture; let cool about 10 minutes.
• 5 cut all lemons in half and ream enough juice to make 1 3/4 cups.
• 6 add to sugar mixture.
• 7 into a pitcher add lots of ice cubes, lemon syrup, 1 cup ice cold water.
• 8 stir lemon slices into lemonade& pour into glasses with garnish of mint.
• 9 taste you may want to add more water.