How do you make REAL lemonaid?

Answer 1

2 cups real lemon juice + 2 cups sugar + enough water to bring the level up to 1 gallon. (use a marked measuring pitcher)

OR

1 cup lemon jc. + 1 cup sugar + enough water to bring level up to 2 quarts.

Answer 2

There are only 3 ingredients to great lemonaid, but there is one very important step. That step is making a simple syrup (equal amounts sugar and water brought to a light boil until the sugar disolves). This will assure that the lemonaid will be sweet (with no sugar on the bottom of your lemonaid container).

Assuming you use the 1cup water to 1cup sugar syrup recipe, Add 1 cup of lemon juice, to the syrup, and about 4 more cups of water and chill. Try not to add too much ice, or it will dilute the recipe. If you need lots of ice, add less water to compensate.

Answer 3

Lemonade with Lemonade Ice Cubes
Recipe courtesy Gale Gand

2 cups fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 cup sugar
1 gallon cold water, or to taste
Fresh mint leaves
1 orange, segmented

In a large pitcher, whisk the lemon juice and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Add the water to taste. Fill 2 ice-cube trays with the lemonade and place a mint leaf and a piece of cut up orange segment in each compartment. Reserve the rest in the refrigerator. When frozen, turn them into a frozen bowl or an ice sculpture and place on a buffet with the pitcher of lemonade beside them to serve over the ice cubes.

Notes about the recipe: I love making ice cubes with surprises inside that add more flavor to a drink once they melt. And why have a melting ice cubes dilute a drink? Make it from something flavorful and it will add rather than take away from the taste. At Tru I make pineapple water ice cubes with candied lemon rind imbedded and serve them with plum or rhubarb lemonade.

Answer 4

6 lemons (juice of 6 lemons)
1 cup sugar, or to taste
4 cups cold water
1 lemon, cut crosswise into very thin slices

Preparation -
Mix the lemon juice and sugar together in a large pitcher. Stir to dissolve all the sugar, then add the water. Serve over ice. Place a lemon slice on top of each glass before serving.

Answer 5

The recipe used at a local pretzel shop is really good. It's 2 cups fresh lemon juice, 3 1/2 cups sugar and 2 gallons water. Obviously it makes a lot of lemonade, but it's tasty stuff!

Answer 6

This recipe got 256 five star reviews on allrecipes.com

INGREDIENTS

* 1 3/4 cups white sugar
* 8 cups water
* 1 1/2 cups lemon juice

DIRECTIONS

1. In a small saucepan, combine sugar and 1 cup water. Bring to boil and stir to dissolve sugar. Allow to cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate until chilled.
2. Remove seeds from lemon juice, but leave pulp. In pitcher, stir together chilled syrup, lemon juice and remaining 7 cups water.

Answer 7

4 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice

2 cups sugar

3 1/2 cups water

Lemon peel strips, for garnish (optional)

1. In a medium saucepan, combine 2 cups lemon juice and the sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, and let syrup cool.

2. In a pitcher, stir together lemon syrup, remaining 2 cups lemon juice, and 3 1/2 cups water. To serve, pour over ice, and garnish with lemon peel, if desired.

Answer 8

Lemonade

2 quarts

1 1/2 cups fresh squeezed lemon juice
7 cups ice cold water
1 cup granulated sugar
2 lemons


Combine the first three ingredients and stir until sugar is dissolved, add ice and lemon slices then serve.

Answer 9

Using 6-8 real lemons, wash them and squeeze as much juice out that you can (keep the remaining pieces). Add 1 cup of sugar to the juice and fill the pitcher up with water stirring well. Add the remaining pieces of lemon for added flavor (option). Makes 2 qts. :)

Answer 10

the key to good lemonade is the sugar. make simple syrup, equal parts water and sugar, heat it up until all the sugar dissolves, remove it from the heat and let it cool down for awhile. Squeeze a dozen lemons or so into a big pitcher. Add water to fill it almost to the top. Add syrup tasting the lemonade until it's sweet enough for you. Proably like 1 cup of sugar 1 cup of water into syrup will be enough, but lemonade is all about personal preference.

Don't just mix granulated sugar into cold water as it will not dissolve right and i think it doesnt taste as good, even though chemically syrup and granulated sugar are exactly the same

Answer 11

This one never fails!

One lemon serves one person.
Squeeze the juice and pour it in a glass where you have already placed some ice and sugar (2 teaspoons should work...).
Stir until the sugar melts. Add 1/4 teaspoon sodium bicarbonate (it will make your lemonade a bit sparkling). Now pour water slowly. Stir again, and drink.
Sooooo refreshing!