Thursday 1 August 2019

Lemonade

Making lemonade before they all rot and end up in the compost

Lemons have been falling off our trees, sounding like cannon balls falling in the middle of the night.  I pick up about a dozen every morning.  We have given bags of them away but still have many kilos all over the bench, in bowls and filling the fridge.

Time to have a freezing frenzy.  Juice to make into icecubes, juice to freeze in bottles in the fridge and it is time to make fresh, sharp summer lemonade





First squeeze your lemons
I squeezed a helluva lot more than these.  The compost was full

Recipe -

Simmer 1 cup of water and 
3/4 cup of sugar until the sugar is dissolved

Take it off the heat.  Add 1 1/2 cups of lemon juice

Put into a bottle or jug and keep in the fridge

It should keep for a few weeks in the fridge, maybe more.

To drink -

Put one part lemon syrup and 2 parts water into a glass.  Top up with lots of ice 

I add less sugar and more lemon juice.  The usual recipe is
1 cup of water
1 cup of sugar
1 cup lemon juice

Do the same thing with grapefruit or bitter lemon juice.

Mixes well with campari, vodka, raki and gin





20 comments:

  1. Hmm, sounds so refreshing !
    Nothing compares to your own fresh lemons, perfect sipping for these late, steamy summer days.
    ~Jo

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    1. We were lucky to find our house with 2 established and producing lemon trees

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  2. yum to everything in the last sentence

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  3. Sounds heavenly - I can't even imagine having that many lemons (or ANY lemons for that matter!). Want to trade for hundreds of little green apples that are falling off our tree? -Jenn

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    1. I would trade for the apples but the man of the house would mutiny! He cant live without lemons

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  4. Reminds me I must squeeze some lemons and freeze in ice cubes.

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  5. Sounds so refreshing for summer drinks.

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    1. It is!! A plain glass of water with a squeeze of juice is really refreshing too

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  6. We can grow Lemons in large containers, but they have to go indoors for the Winter. It hardly seems worth the trouble. By the way, my Olive tree was covered in flowers in Spring, but now there are no fruits on it at all. Very odd!

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    1. Im surprised about the olives. I'd ask Vaso but she's in hiding at the moment. Doesn't get on at all with visiting daughter in law!
      I will se what she says though, later

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    2. I have only just got flowers on mine... I suspect this means they will die off then! lol

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  7. I usually squeeze our lemons into ice cube trays and freeze for when someone gets sick or just needs a zesty flavour in a drink.

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    1. Best way, and easiest of having year round juice

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  8. "Make hay, while the sun shines..."

    :-)

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  9. Indeed. We don't let those lemons go to waste

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  10. I love lemons but at 50p each only buy them to squich i bit in water or over lamb chops. X Kirrie

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  11. Have you tried those preserved lemons. They look ok but I’ve never had one. You preserve them with salt in a jar and then you can use them to cook with.
    I’ve never had enough lemons to try it.

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    1. I've thought of doing a jar to see what they're like but never got round to it. I will one day. My s in law in NZ does them and told me how she preserves them. We shall see

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