Description
The fresh intense flavors of lemon and ginger are a perfect match in this summertime drink.
Ingredients
Scale
- 13 lemons
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 inch piece of ginger root, peeled
- 8 to 9 cups of water or club soda
Instructions
- Slice one lemon thin and add the slices to a medium mixing bowl. Grate the ginger root with a rasp grater or the smallest holes on a box grater over the mixing bowl until you have about 4 tablespoons of pulp. (You’ll want some ginger root left in your hand to hold onto during grating.) Add the sugar to the mixing bowl and using a potato masher or similar object, mash and mix the ingredients together. Set aside.
- Juice the rest of the lemons until you have 2 cups fresh lemon juice. Add the juice to the sliced lemon and ginger mixture. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
- Place a fine mesh strainer over the pitcher you will use to serve the lemonade. Pour the contents of the mixing bowl into the strainer. With the strainer still placed on top, carefully pour in the water or club soda over the slices of lemons in the strainer.
- Next, Pick out the lemon slices from the strainer and add them to the pitcher. Serve individual servings with ice.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Drinks