Homemade Lemonade To Cool the Fevered Brow

There's nothing quite like homemade lemonade to cool you down when things get too hot to handle!

Here's our favourite lemonade recipe which is just bursting with citrus loveliness which I guarantee will have you buying up the supermarket for fresh lemons on a regular basis!

• 6 lemons approx.
  
• 150g (5oz) granulated sugar 1.4 litres
  
• (2.5 pints) boiling water

First scrub the lemons in warm water, then thinly pare the coloured outer zest from 3 of them using a potato peeler or zester, taking care not to remove any of the bitter white coloured pith along with the yellow zest. Remove any white if necessary.

Put the zest into a bowl and add the squeezed juice of all the lemons and the sugar. Don't worry about pips at the moment, as we will strain the whole mixture later.

Next pour in the boiling water, stir well, cover with a clean tea-towel and leave overnight in a cool place. Next day, stir again and taste to check sweetness, adding more sugar if necessary. Now strain through a sieve to remove pips and zest.

Pour into a jug, adding a few slices of lemon for decoration if desired.

Serve the lemonade chilled from the jug with lots of ice. Or dilute with soda water for an extra twist!

The lovely photo at the top of the page came courtesy of Burnt Cookies, who likes to bake cookies! You can find her lemonade recipe here too, which is rather interesting, having the addition of milk! Go take a look, I think you'll like it.