Best 20 Fresh Lemonade Recipes

FRESH-SQUEEZED LEMONADE BY THE GLASS

Steps:

• In a 16-ounce or larger glass, stir together the sugar and hot water until the sugar is dissolved.
• Stir in the lemon juice and the cold water.
• Fill to the top with ice and serve.

FRESH LEMONADE

Steps:

• Place all the ingredients in a blender and process until completely smooth. Serve over ice.

FRESH PEACH LEMONADE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring 2 cups water, peaches and sugar to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5-7 minutes or until peaches are tender. Remove from the heat. Cool. Strain, discarding peach skins., In a large pitcher, combine the peach mixture, lemon juice and remaining water. Add lemon slices and mint if desired. Serve over ice.

FRESH LEMONADE SYRUP

Steps:

• In a 1-1/2-qt. heat-proof container, dissolve sugar in boiling water. Cool. Add lemon juice and zest; mix well. Cover and store in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. Yield: 5-1/2 cups syrup (number of batches varies depending on concentration of lemonade)., For 1 serving, combine 1/4 to 1/3 cup syrup and 3/4 cup cold water in a glass; stir well. For 16 servings, combine 5-1/2 cups syrup and 10 cups cold water in a 2-qt. pitcher; stir well.

FRESH SQUEEZED LEMONADE

Steps:

• Squeeze lemons (about 10 medium size lemons)( I usually use my citrus juicer) . Strain juice of lemons in col lender to make sure all pulp from lemons are removed. measure 1 3/4 cup of lemon juice and pour into one gallon pitcer.
• in a sauce pan combine 1 3/4- 2 cups of sugar (depending on taste) with 2 cups of water over medium heat until sugar is completely dissolved( about 4minutes).
• Let cool slightly and pour into pitcher with lemon juice and fill rest with water.
• Refrigerate gallon of lemonade pitcher to cool.
• Serve over ice and garnish if desired.

FRESH STRAWBERRY LEMONADE BY THE GLASS

Steps:

• In a 16-ounce or larger glass, place the strawberries and the sugar. Mash the berries against the side of the glass with a fork until they're smashed and juicy.
• Stir in the hot water until the sugar is dissolved.
• Stir in the lemon juice and the cold water.
• Fill to the top with ice and serve.

FRESH-SQUEEZED PINK LEMONADE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring 2 cups water, sugar and lemon zest strips to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat. Discard lemon zest., In a large pitcher, combine the remaining water, lemon juice, grape juice and sugar mixture. Serve over ice. Garnish with lemon slices and cherries if desired.

FRESH SQUEEZED LEMONADE WITH TRUVIA® NATURAL SWEETENER

Steps:

• Combine ingredients and stir to dissolve.
• Garnish rim of glass with fresh lemon slices or a strawberry, if desired. Serve over ice.

SPARKLING FRESH LEMONADE

Steps:

• Bring 1 cup water and the sugar to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Let cool completely; refrigerate until ready to use.
• Put syrup, lemon juice, and sparkling water in a pitcher. Stir in the ice.

STRAWBERRY LEMONADE CAKE WITH FRESH STRAWBERRY BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8-inch cake pans.
• Place cake flour, sugar, baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt into the bowl of an electric mixer and stir to combine.
• Stir lemonade concentrate, milk, eggs, 2 teaspoons strawberry extract, lemon extract, and food coloring together in a separate bowl.
• Add 12 tablespoons cubed butter to the flour mixture, 2 to 3 pieces at a time, and mix on low speed until all butter is added and the mixture resembles coarse meal. Stop the mixer and scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl.
• Resume mixing at medium speed; add 1/2 of the egg mixture slowly and mix, about 20 seconds. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl. Resume mixing at medium speed; add remaining egg mixture in 2 batches, about 20 seconds after each addition, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl after each addition. Pour batter evenly into the prepared cake pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, 28 to 33 minutes.
• Remove cakes from the oven and let cool on cooling racks for 10 minutes. Turn cake layers out onto the racks to cool completely, 15 to 30 minutes.
• While cakes cool, place 8 strawberries into a small food processor or an electric blender. Blend to make 1/4 cup puree.
• Place 10 tablespoons softened butter and a pinch of kosher salt into the bowl of an electric mixer and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Mix in 1/8 teaspoon strawberry extract. Gradually add about 1/3 of the confectioners' sugar to the butter while continuing to mix. Add 1/2 of the strawberry puree, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl, and continue mixing.
• Add the next 1/3 of the confectioners' sugar, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl. Mix in remaining strawberry puree. Sprinkle in the remaining confectioners' sugar and mix until desired consistency is reached, adding more confectioners' sugar or strawberry puree as needed.
• Place the cooled bottom cake layer on a serving plate and spread the top with lemon curd. Place the second layer on top of the first and frost with strawberry buttercream starting with the sides, then the top of the cake.

PAMPERED CHEF FRESH SQUEEZED LEMONADE RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• 1. Place water and sugar in Quick-Stir® Pitcher. Mix well with plunger until sugar is dissolved. Zest lemons to measure 1 tablespoon zest. Juice lemons using Juicer to measure 1/2 cup juice. Add zest and juice to Pitcher. Mix well with plunger. 2. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Serve over ice and garnish with fresh mint and slice of lemon. Yield: 7 (1-cup) servings

FRESH MINT LEMONADE

Steps:

• First cut and juice the lemons and put it into a pitcher.
• Rinse the mint and rosemary. Then tear apart the mint and rosemary, allowing the flavor to unleash. Put it in the pitcher with or without strainer.
• Add the water to the pitcher.
• Fill a microwavable cup with the sugar and just enough water to cover the top of the sugar and heat in microwave for 1.5 minutes.
• Finally stir the sugar and water until it all dissolves then pour it into the pitcher and add ice if you like. Stir and enjoy!

FRESH MINT AND GINGER LEMONADE

Steps:

• Combine chopped mint, ginger and honey in medium bowl; add boiling water and allow to steep for 30-40 minutes; strain into 4-cup glass measuring cup, pressing on solids to extract liquid; add lemon juice and enough cold water to measure 4 cups total.
• Fill glasses with ice cubes; add lemonade; garnish with mint leaves and fresh lemon slices.
• Note: If you like to 'tipple' (I know I do:-)), spike this with some vodka!!!

JASMINE, GREEN TEA, FRESH LEMONADE

Steps:

• Place the water in the reserve of the coffee maker.
• In the coffee filter place an unbleached filter then place sugar, zest and the tea bags. All the sugar will dissolve and the lemon zest flavor will be picked up as the heated water goes through.
• Pour the tea into a pitcher and cool.
• Add the lemon juice and fill pitcher with ice cubes.
• Pour into ice filled tall glasses and garnish with jasmine flower or lemon rind or mint leaves.
• Enjoy and stay cool!

FRESH-SQUEEZED LEMONADE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine sugar, 1/2 cup water, and a few pieces of lemon rind (yellow part only). Bring to a boil and remove from heat.
• Squeeze lemons and combine juice with sugar syrup, vanilla, and remaining cold water.
• Add ice and serve in tall glasses.

FRESH LEMONADE SYRUP

Steps:

• In 2 quart bowl, add 1 cup water and microwave for 1 minute.
• Add Splenda for Baking and stir to dissolve.
• Add lemon juice and grated peel.
• Stir.
• TO PREPARE LEMONADE: For 1 serving, mix 1/4 cup syrup and 3/4 cups water in glass.
• Add ice.
• For 1/2 gallon, add 2-2/3 cups syrup and 5 cups water.
• Stir.
• TO FREEZE: When lemons are plentifyl, make syrup and freeze in ice cube trays. Pop cubes out and store in a freezer-safe zip-style bag, removing as much air as possible. For 1 serving, place 2-3 cubes in glass, add 3/4 cups warm/not water and stir to dissolve cubes. Add ice and serve.

FRESH GINGER INFUSED LEMONADE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan stir together ginger, sugar, and 1 cup of water, bring to a boil, then set aside and let cool completly.
• Strain the ginger simple syrup into a pitcher and discard ginger, stir in lemon juice and 4 cups of water. Chill before serving.

MAKE YOUR OWN FRESH LEMONADE CONCENTRATE/SYRUP

Steps:

• In saucepan, bring sugar and water to a boil.
• Cook just until sugar dissolves.
• Remove from heat and cool.
• Stir in lemon juice.
• Store in refrigerator in covered container until ready to use.
• To make lemonade by the pitcher: Combine full recipe with 5 cups of cold water.
• Add ice and stir.
• Garnish with lemon slices and fresh mint.
• To make lemonade by the glass: Combine 1/3 cup of concentrate with 1/4 cup of cold water.
• Stir and add lots of ice.
• Garnish with fresh lemon wedge.

FRESH MINTED LEMONADE

Steps:

• Mash lemons, mint leaves, and sugar (and salt, if using) in a large, deep bowl with potato masher or back of wooden spoon until lemon slices give up their juice, sugar is dissolved, and juice is thickened to syrup consistency, about 4 minutes.
• Pour half the lemon slices and syrup through a large sieve over bowl; press on solids with masher or back of wooden spoon to release as much liquid as possible.
• Discard solids; move liquid to serving pitcher.
• Repeat process with remaining lemon slices.
• Stir in water until blended.
• Chill well and stir to blend before serving, over ice. Enjoy!

FRESH LEMONADE SYRUP

Steps:

• 1. Juice and zest lemons to get required amounts of both. some times heating the lemon in the microwave for a few seconds will help get the juices flowing.
• 2. In a heavy bottomed sauce pan boil water and remove from heat, immediately add sugar and lemon zest and stir till the sugar has completely melted and dissolved into the water.
• 3. Mix in lemon juice and stir until completely incorporated.
• 4. transfer to a lidded container and refrigerate till cool.
• 5. once cool mix equal parts lemon syrup with water for classic lemonade.
• 6. Sparkling lemonade- mix equal parts lemon syrup with sparkling water.
• 7. Lavender lemonade- add 1/2 cup fresh lavender to water before boiling the water (if you do not want the lavender floating around in the syrup you can tie it in cheese cloth or put a fill your own tea bag) or add lavender essence to classic lemonade.
• 8. Strawberry lemonade- add 1/8 cup thawed sugared frozen strawberries to classic lemonade. (you can make your own sugared strawberries too just make sure they have alot of time to sit and get the juices flowing for a nice syrup)
• 9. Arnold palmer- mix lemon syrup with equal parts unsweetened ice tea
• 10. Granita- in a blender, blend 1 part syrup with 1 1/2-2 parts ice. blend till smooth and slushy. For the adults add one shot of your favorite liquor per serving (more or less to your taste)