Perfect Lemonade

By taniaf

Ingredients

• Syrup:
• 1.5 cups sugar
• 1.5 cups water
• Lemonade:
• 2 cups fresh lemon juice
• zest from 2 lemons
• 2 cups simple syrup
• 1/2 tsp salt
• water

Preparation

Step 1

For syrup:
Remove wide strips of zest from 2 lemons with a veg peeler. Add lemon zest to sugar and water in a small saucepan, boil until sugar dissolves, then let cool.
for Lemonade:
Pour cooled syrup into an ice-filled pitcher. Stir in 1/2 tsp salt, 2 cups fresh lemon juice and 2 cups water. Add lemon slices to pitcher.