drinks

Homemade lemonade

  • Serves About 4
  • Prep time: 5 mins | Cooking time: 00

This may remind you of the taste of your childhood. The smell of summer meadows, nana’s lemon tree, long hot summer days … get the picture?

Ingredients

  • 5 lemons (rind and juice)

  • 1 cup sugar

  • 5 cups boiling water

  • Ice

Method

  1. Grate the rind of four lemons and squeeze the juice; place in a bowl and add the sugar.

  2. Add 2 ½ cups of boiling water, stir well and cover.

  3. Leave to stand overnight.

  4. Stir in a further 2 ½ cups boiling water, add one lemon cut into slices and serve with ice cubes.