Home made Lemon Juice

Ingredients

1 cup water

¾ cup granulated sugar

1 cup lemon juice, freshly squeezed (I used three lemons for 1 cup juice)

5 cups water

Method

Make the simple syrup. In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup water and ¾ cup granulated sugar. Heat over medium, stirring occasionally, until the sugar fully dissolves. The mixture will go from cloudy to clear once the sugar has dissolved. This takes about 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.

While the syrup cools, squeeze enough lemons to get 1 cup of fresh lemon juice. You can use a kitchen hand held squeezer or an electric squeezer. Strain through a mesh sieve to remove seeds and pulp.

 In a large pitcher, stir together the cooled simple syrup, lemon juice, and 5 cups of cold water. Give it a taste—add more water for a lighter flavour or more lemon juice if you like it tart.

Lemon and water

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Serve with Ice cubes, fresh lemon slices and mint leaves for decoration!