Several citrus fruits can be used to make a cold dessert and a refreshing drink in one go. The absence of industrial dyes, flavors, preservatives deprives these dishes of harmfulness, and the saturation with vitamins makes them not only tasty, but also useful.
It is necessary
- Water - 700 ml;
- Oranges - 4 pcs.;
- Lemon - 1 pc.;
- Sugar - 150 g;
- Carbonated water (colorless) - 500 - 1000 ml.
Instructions
Step 1
All ingredients should be prepared first. To do this, the fruit must be thoroughly rinsed, since their rind is required to make the dishes.
Step 2
Using a peeler or grater, carefully remove the zest from the lemon and oranges. The rind should be removed thinly, without getting the white layer into the food, otherwise it will give it bitterness. The zest is placed in a separate bowl.
Step 3
Then squeeze the juice from the citrus fruits and add to the peel. It is necessary to pay attention so that neither the seeds nor the white part of the oranges and lemons get into the dish.
Step 4
Now you need to add sugar to the fruit juice and zest and mix everything thoroughly. Boil the water separately and pour it over the mass.
Step 5
The resulting solution is put on a small fire. After boiling, you need to cook it for a minute, stirring thoroughly, then remove from the stove.
Step 6
It is imperative to wait for the mass to cool (about an hour and a half), then put it in the refrigerator for another 1.5-2 hours. During this time, the solution will infuse, after which it must be filtered, completely removing the zest.
Step 7
You can now directly prepare meals. To make lemonade, the resulting solution is mixed with soda in equal proportions. It is advisable to do this directly in the glass.
Step 8
To obtain fruit ice, the solution is placed in the freezer until it hardens and is covered with a crust. To create a mold, you can pour the mass into yogurt jars by sticking wooden sticks into them, and remove the molds before using.
Step 9
The solution is quite large, so one half can be used to make lemonade, the other for fruit ice. Or you can add pieces of prepared fruit ice to soda water - it will also turn out delicious.
