Ginger Lemonade

I love ginger. In food, in tea or candied ginger.
So why not make a ginger lemonade.
Its again a concentrate and i mix it 1:6. But it depends on how sweet you like it.

It was just a try, didn't use any recipe, but it turned out very good. Exactly what I wanted.
I think it tastes somehow like Ginger Ale.



Ginger Lemonade

Ingredients:

2 cups sugar
3 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
ginger root (I guess it was about 50 g)
zests of one lemon

Instructions:

Peel the ginger and slice it. Cook the ginger with 1 slice of a lemon in 1 cup water for about 30 minutes or even longer. The ginger water should really taste very gingery (is that even a word).
After that is done, cook the sugar with the ginger water and 1 more cup water for about 5 minutes. The sugar water should be clear. I put some ginger pieces in the sugar water during cooking.
Put aside and stir the zests, lemon juice and the remaining water ( 1 1/2 cups) in. 
Pour the lemonade concentrate trough a sieve in clean bottles.

Serve it ice cold with a lemon slice.

Lemonade

I want summer. But I think summer let's us still wait for a while.
So I made something that makes me feel a bit like summer. Tasty tasty lemonade.
It's really easy to make.
Just remember the ratio 1:1:1. That's all...really simple. :)



Lemonade

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup water
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
zests of one lemon

Instructions:

Cook the water and the sugar for 5 minutes. Let it cool down for a bit and stir in the zests and the juice. Pour it into a jar or a bottle which can be solidly closed. 



Mix the Sirup (about 1:6) with sparkling water or faucet water. Put some ice cubes in, lemon slices or melissa. 
And if you like strawberries, make a strawberry puree (just blend some strawberries) an add some to your lemonade with some strawberry pieces. 

Oh and I did use Stevia instead of sugar.