Not only does this make delicious homemade lemonade, but instead of just having one jugful, you have a whole bottle of cordial which will make several ice cold jugs to sit and sip in the sunshine!
Less effort, more drinks in the sunshine: excellent.
You will need:
5 lemons
1.25lb/550g sugar
1oz/25g citric acid (don't worry if you can't get hold of this, it just means your cordial will only keep for one week in the fridge rather than three)
1 pint boiling water
Peel the lemons, making sure not to get too much of the white pith.
Put the peel, sugar and citric acid in a heatproof bowl or jug and pour over the boiling water. Stir well. Add the juice of the lemons and leave to cool.
Strain and bottle.
The cordial will keep for up to three weeks in the fridge....if it lasts that long!
Dilute with water or sparkling water and top up with ice.
It is also just the thing to bring a touch of summer to the weekend, which currently isn't looking so promising weather-wise!
A couple of weeks ago we went up to London for my sister-in-law's hen party and had the most fabulous indoor picnic (due to the weather being indecisive and difficult) and endless classes of ice-cold lemonade was just the thing to keep us refreshed in the oppressive thundery heat!
Obviously we also needed champagne for such an occasion, and to keep with our elegant tea-time theme we drank it in teeny tiny vintage teacups. Alarmingly as the afternoon progressed it got more and more difficult to keep track of how many thimble sized cups one had drunk...
Happy August! Have a lovely weekend, whether you are holidaying or just enjoying the gloriousness of a summer weekend!
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