Roasted Lemonade Food

HOMEMADE ROASTED LEMONADE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425F. Place lemons into a shallow baking dish, cut side up. Place into oven and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until lemons are lightly browned. Set aside to cool.
• While lemons are roasting, combine water, salt, and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir occasionally until sugar has dissolved completely (no need to boil.) Remove from heat to cool.
• Squeeze lemons through a fine sieve. Combine 1 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice with 2 cups simple syrup mixture (I add half a cup of simple syrup at a time to the lemon mixture until I reach my desired sweetness!) Pour in cold water. Adjust sweetness accordingly (more water or simple syrup.)
• Serve over ice!

PERFECT LEMONADE

Steps:

• Remove wide strips of zest from 2 lemons with a vegetable peeler (do not remove the pith). Make 2 cups simple syrup (recipe below), adding the lemon zest before heating. Let cool, then pour into an ice-filled pitcher. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 cups each fresh lemon juice and water, and some lemon slices.
• Simple Syrup: To make 2 cups simple syrup, bring 1 1/2cups each sugar and water to a boil, stirring until dissolved. Let cool.

BEST LEMONADE EVER

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine sugar and 1 cup water. Bring to boil and stir to dissolve sugar. Allow to cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate until chilled.
• Remove seeds from lemon juice, but leave pulp. In pitcher, stir together chilled syrup, lemon juice and remaining 7 cups water.

EASY LEMONADE

Steps:

• Tip the lemons, sugar and half the water into a food processor and blend until the lemon is finely chopped.
• Pour the mixture into a sieve over a bowl, then press through as much juice as you can. Top up with the remaining water and serve with plain ice or frozen with slices of lemon and lime.