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Florida Lemonade

SummerAlcohol-FreeGastro-Pub

Time: 1 hour

Yield: 12 servings

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About

Florida is the Sunshine State and there isn't a sunnier drink around than Florida Lemonade! Combining the tart-sweetness of lemon with the almost candied citrus flavor of orange to fully capture Florida's natural bounty, Florida Lemonade is truly refreshing. It's like drinking a sunbeam, but one that cools you down when the summer starts blazing. You really can soak up the sun with this beverage!

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Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cups sugar
  • 8 1/2 cups water, divided
  • 2 tablespoons lemon zest
  • 2 tablespoons orange zest
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh lemon juice, from about 10 lemons
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh orange juice, from about 5 oranges
  • ice, to taste
  • fresh lemon slices, optional, to taste, for garnish

Directions

Step 1 -In a large saucepan over medium heat, add the sugar and 2 1/2 cups of the water and cook, while stirring occasionally, until the sugar is dissolved.

Step 2 -Transfer the saucepan from the heat and let the simple syrup cool slightly.

Step 3 -Add the lemon zest, the orange zest, the lemon juice, and the orange juice to the simple syrup and let it stand, covered, until the flavors have melded together into a lemonade concentrate, about 1 hour.

Step 4 -Strain the lemonade concentrate through a fine-mesh sieve into a vessel with a cover. Discard the citrus zest in the sieve.

Step 5 -Cover the vessel with the lemonade concentrate and chill it in the refrigerator until cold, about 30 minutes.

Step 6 -In a pitcher, add equal amounts of the remaining water and the lemonade concentrate and stir to combine. Reserve the remaining water and the remaining lemonade concentrate for refills.

Step 7 -Add the ice to the pitcher and stir to combine.

Step 8 -Serve garnished with the lemon slices.

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