Roasted Lemonade Recipes

SPARKLING ROASTED VANILLA LEMONADE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place lemons, cut side up, in a 12-inch ovenproof skillet or a large baking dish. Sprinkle with sugar, then add the water and vanilla seeds and pod. Roast until edges of lemons are golden brown, about 25 minutes. Let cool.
• Squeeze the juice and pulp from lemons into a blender. Remove vanilla pod, and add syrup in the skillet to the blender. Puree, then strain through a sieve into a pitcher, pressing to extract liquid and some pulp.
• Fill glasses with ice. Pour 3/4 cup lemonade into each glass. Top with 1/4 cup club soda. (Or cover, and refrigerate lemonade for up to 3 days.)

HOMEMADE ROASTED LEMONADE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425F. Place lemons into a shallow baking dish, cut side up. Place into oven and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until lemons are lightly browned. Set aside to cool.
• While lemons are roasting, combine water, salt, and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir occasionally until sugar has dissolved completely (no need to boil.) Remove from heat to cool.
• Squeeze lemons through a fine sieve. Combine 1 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice with 2 cups simple syrup mixture (I add half a cup of simple syrup at a time to the lemon mixture until I reach my desired sweetness!) Pour in cold water. Adjust sweetness accordingly (more water or simple syrup.)
• Serve over ice!

BEST LEMONADE EVER

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine sugar and 1 cup water. Bring to boil and stir to dissolve sugar. Allow to cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate until chilled.
• Remove seeds from lemon juice, but leave pulp. In pitcher, stir together chilled syrup, lemon juice and remaining 7 cups water.

ROSEMARY LEMONADE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring 2 cups water to a boil; add rosemary sprigs. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10 minutes., Remove and discard rosemary. Stir in sugar and honey until dissolved. Transfer to a pitcher; refrigerate 15 minutes. , Add lemon juice; stir in cold water. Serve over ice. If desired, top with additional lemon slices and rosemary sprigs.