Fresh Mint and Ginger Lemonade
"I love the gingery-zing, and the mint flavour that this delicious lemonade has. Very refreshing. 40 minutes passive cooking time is actually steeping time."
photo by Baby Kato
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup packed chopped fresh mint leaves
- 1⁄3 cup chopped fresh ginger
- 1⁄3 cup honey
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1⁄2 cup fresh lemon juice (or to taste)
- 1 1⁄2 cups cold water
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Garnish
- ice cube
- fresh mint leaves
- lemon slice
directions
- Combine chopped mint, ginger and honey in medium bowl; add boiling water and allow to steep for 30-40 minutes; strain into 4-cup glass measuring cup, pressing on solids to extract liquid; add lemon juice and enough cold water to measure 4 cups total.
- Fill glasses with ice cubes; add lemonade; garnish with mint leaves and fresh lemon slices.
- Note: If you like to 'tipple' (I know I do:-)), spike this with some vodka!!!
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Reviews
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Thank you for sharing this lovely recipe Evelyn. I enjoyed this refreshing lemonade treat. It was tart tangy, spicy and slightly sweet. I really like lemon, honey, ginger and mint so this seemed tailor made for me. I used spearmint in the lemonade it worked great. Made for Culinary Quest - 2014 - Suitcase Gourmets. -
I reduced the ginger substantially to about 2 1/2 tablespoons. Fresh mint from our garden! The mixture was strained twice to remove any residual ginger peel. Perfect beverage for a 95º+ summer day. Thanks, Ev'! Prepared for CQ 2014. -
Very good lemonade! This recipe combined 3 ingredients I love: honey, mint and ginger.<br/>This is a summer hit, but I'm sure it will be delicious hot (reheating it!) in winter too. -
Great Recipe, love the kick the ginger adds. -
I really liked this! I'm glad I didn't overdo the lemon juice, because the ginger gave a strong flavor that I liked a lot. Summer ginger ades and ales are just fine with me! I have plenty of garden mint, and it tasted great with this thirst quencher! Ginger is very, very good for your health! I may try to simmer the ginger first, cool it, then add the honey and mint next time!
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
