Mint Lemonade
Refreshing lemon drink with a cooling mint accent.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Fresh squeezed lemon juice 3-4 large lemons
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 24 ounces cold water
- 1/3 cup fresh mint leaves and stalks
- 2 cups Ice cubes
Instructions
- Squeeze room temperature lemons and remove any seeds from the juice that have made it through the press.
- Mix room temperature lemon juice with sugar until it completely dissolves.
- Add whole mint springs to boiling water for 30 seconds to blanch them. Remove from water and shock them by immersing immediately in a cold water bath to preserve the green color of the leaves.
- Remove fresh mint leaves from their stems and grind in a mini processor with a 1/4 cup of water until the leaves are broken down into tiny pieces.
- Mix the sugar lemon juice in a pitcher with the cold water. Pour 8 oz of the lemonade into a tall glass. Add mint mixture to the glasses and top with ice.
- Mint mixture will slowly sink to the bottom of the glass. Serve immediately with a mint sprig in each glass.