Old Fashioned Lemon Drink

This recipe is based on an old recipe of my mother's. You may know this as Lemon Squash (UK), Lemonade (US), or Lemon Cordial (NZ).

Ingredients

• 1 kg Sugar
• 2 cups Water
• 15g Citric Acid
• 15g Tartaric Acid
• Zest of 3 lemons - this can be finely chopped, long strands, of even just thinly peeled avoiding the white pith.
• ½ cup Lemon Juice (about 4-6 lemons)

Tip: do not use an aluminium pot for this.

Method

1. Soak the zest in the lemon juice. This will help to soften it.
2. Dissolve the sugar, citric acid, and tartaric acid in the water over heat; making a syrup. Allow to cool.
3. Add juice and zest to syrup.
4. store in clean bottles, diving the zest evenly.

This makes about a litre of concentrate.

To serve
Dilute with chilled still or carbonated water to taste.
This also can be served with hot water; useful if you have a cold.

How do you like your lemon drink?

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