Lemonade

                               

The Original reciepe from an amazing blog which is writen by Cenk. 

i love it a lot and had all summer at home. 

While boiling the lemonade i had a helper. heheh check out my daughter's tattoo on her hand of course she is the designer of it.

MINT LEMONADE RECIPE

Ingredients

Yields about 6 cups

• 2 cups Mint Lemon Syrup (recipe below)
• 2 cups cold water
• 2 cups ice cubes
• 1 ¼ cups fresh lemon juice

Method

Stir together all ingredients in a large pitcher, then pour into glasses half-filled with ice.

MINT LEMON SYRUP RECIPE

Ingredients

Yields 2+1/2 cups

• 2 cups packed fresh mint sprigs
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• Zest of 3 lemons

Method

1. Bring water, sugar and lemon zest to a boil in a medium saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
2. Remove from the heat, add the mint, stir to combine, and let stand at room temperature, covered, for 1 hour.
3. Strain the syrup through a sieve into an airtight container, pressing hard on and then discarding the solids.
4. The syrup will keep, covered and chilled, for five days.