Ginger lemonade is a delicious tonic soft drink, and very useful - an excellent prevention of many diseases. Lemon contains vitamin C, and ginger supports immunity and kills disease-causing bacteria.
Homemade ginger lemonade
Homemade lemonade cannot be compared to store-bought lemonade, and besides, it prepares quickly. It requires a minimum of ingredients to prepare it. Lemonade is made from various berries, fruits - whatever you can find at hand. Ginger lemonade is a good thirst quencher and a source of vitamins.
If you want to pamper your loved ones with a wonderful drink - stock up on ginger root, lemon, boiled water, mint. To get one and a half liters of a drink, you will need:
−small root (4 cm) of ginger;
−one lemon;
−1.5 liters of boiled water;
−mint leaves;
−Sugar or honey to taste.
Mint gives the drink a rich, spicy aroma.
Peel the ginger, cut into small pieces, pour cold water (1 glass) and boil for 2-4 minutes, no more, cool, you can throw mint leaves into the ginger broth. While the ginger is cooling, squeeze the juice out of the lemon. A regular citrus juicer works well for this procedure. If not, you can squeeze the juice out of the fruit with a fork.
Take a jug (it can be any glass vessel) with a volume of 1.5 liters, pour the strained ginger broth into it, put a few pieces for beauty in the vessel, fill it to the top with boiled cold water, add lemon juice, sugar or honey as sweetener. Remember, honey is an allergenic product and should be given to children carefully. If kids drink lemonade, it is better to use sugar.
Gourmet recipe
You can make ginger lemonade in another way. The ingredients are the same, the cooking method is different. Finely grated ginger (50 g), lemon juice (you can add chopped peel), sugar - put in a saucepan, pour water, throw in a few pieces of cloves, cook. When the brew boils, reduce the temperature to low and cook for about 15 minutes.
Strain the finished drink and leave to cool for 10-12 hours. Add crushed ice to the cooled lemonade, you can do without it, just put it in the refrigerator.
Ginger cocktail
Recipe for a very quick ginger cocktail. Take:
−one lemon;
−a small piece of ginger;
−6 Art. tablespoons of sugar;
−0.5 sparkling mineral water;
−crushed ice;
Mint.
Prepare fresh juice from grated ginger and lemon juice, add sugar, let it brew for a few minutes. Make ice - crush it in a blender. Put mint leaves in a tall glass, mash them, add ginger-lemon syrup, pour crushed ice with mineral water, lemonade is ready.
