I love summer. I subscribe to Donna Hay magazine and my “Spring” edition came in a few days ago. I’ve been darting through the recipes and I found a few really good ones which hopefully I’ll be cooking soon. I thought to myself, “I need a series. I’m obsessed with desserts and I need to do something creative,”. I came up with the name “Spring Bake!” and in a few months I’ll be starting my summer series. There was some really nice drinks in the Donna Hay so I’d thought I’d mix one up and share it with you guys. This one’s a Lavender Lemonade (actually Lavender “infused” lemonade) and it looked really good in the mag. I halved the recipe because it makes four litres and that could be a bit of a mouthful. It’s super simple and great as a refreshment now that the weather’s starting to get a bit warm. I couldn’t not share the recipe with you fellows so here it is:
Ingredients:
4 litres water
5 sprigs lavender (make sure you wash it)
2 cups caster sugar
2 1/2 cups (625ml) lemon juice (ours was great because we squeezed using the lemons from the tree)
Place the water and the sugar in a very large saucepan over high heat and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Bring to the boil and remove from the heat. Add the lavender and lemon juice and set aside to cool completely. Strain and pour over ice cubes for a cool drink. Top with lavender sprigs to serve. Makes 4 litres.
What I did was i funnelled the mix into glass water jug-bottle things (you know the ones with the suction lids) and we just poured them into separate glasses.
Enjoy!
ChaosKitchen.
