Minted Lemonade Recipes

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine sugar and 1/4 cup water. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat. Let stand until completely cool.
• In a large pitcher half-filled with ice, add 2 cups water, lemon juice, simple syrup, mint, and lemon slices. Stir to combine. Serve over ice. Garnish with mint leaves and lemon slices.

Steps:

• Stir together all the ingredients until the sugar dissolves. Serve well chilled or over ice. Pour into pitchers and garnish with fresh whole raspberries, sliced lemons, and mint leaves, if desired.

Steps:

• In a blender, combine the lemon juice, mint, sugar, and 1/2 cup of the water and blend until fully liquid. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve, reserving the liquid and discarding the solids. In a pitcher, stir together the mint mixture and the remaining 3 1/2 cups water. Serve over ice cubes.

Steps:

• Slice 7 lemons thinly.
• Seed sliced lemons and place in a large mixing bowl.
• Add 12 mint leaves; sprinkle with sugar.
• Pour in boiling water.
• Let sit for 45 minutes at room temperature, occasionally pressing lemons and mint with a wooden spoon.
• Strain liquid through a fine-mesh strainer into a glass punch bowl or a pitcher with at least a 2 1/2 quart capacity.
• Juice the remaining lemon; add to the strained liquid.
• Add cold water; stir well.
• Add ice cubes; stir rapidly.
• Ladle or pour lemonade and a few ice cubes into each glass; garnish each with a mint leaf.