Jura's grandmother's lemonade from jura

dairy free egg free gluten free nut free kids can help can make in advance vegetarian low fat
Category
Handed down recipes
ServesLots - makes nearly 2 litres of undiluted lemonade
Prep time 20 mins
Cook timeCooling time - overnight mins

Mumsnetter ratings

based on (5) reviews
Ease of finding ingredients 7.333
Ease of cooking10
Success with kids9.75
Success with adults9.75
Overall Mark 9

Ingredients

3 lemons
900g sugar
1.7l (3 pints) water
30g tartaric or citric acid

Handy Hint

Tartaric acid is becoming more difficult to get hold of - try the dispensary at Boots and tell them it's for lemonade, not for some nefarious terrorist activity! I got this from my mum who got it from her mum.

Method

1. Grate the zest of the lemons into a big heatproof bowl. Remove and discard the pith. Slice the lemon fruit thinly and add to the bowl (along with juice, pips, the lot).
2. Add sugar, and 3 pints of boiling water. Stir gently until all the sugar is dissolved.
3. Cover the bowl and leave (preferably overnight) to cool.
4. Dissolve your tartaric or citric acid in about 150ml water and add to the mixture - this gives it back the tartness the sugar has overpowered. Stir again.
5. Strain through a sieve into a clean, empty 2l bottle - you should catch lots of little pieces of lemon peel.
6. Store in the fridge, use within a week. Dilute like squash to drink.

Enjoy!

Mumsnetter Reviews

From: UKSky on Sun 08-Jul-12 22:17:01 Overall rating: 0.0
You can buy both citric acid and tartaric from your local homebrew shop (online shop). Both come in 100g / 500g / 1kg packets. Yes, citric acid can be used in drug making but you only have to notify the police if it is being purchased in quantities (I think it is 5 kilos at a time).
From: Queenofsiburbia on Fri 06-Jul-12 07:10:42 Overall rating: 9.0
I've also had problems getting hold of citric acid for elderflower cordial, which I made for my wedding last year so needed in industrial quantities! My advice is: Avoid boots they're rubbish. They can sell it but tell you they can't --even though clearly you are not a crackhead!-- Small independent pharmacies often sell it or will order it in, but will only do so in small quantities. Start looking for it about 3 weeks before you need it! Every town you visit, pop in to a pharmacy to see if you can get some! Thanks for this recipe, it looks great + a nice change from elderflower.
From: Chestnut99 on Thu 31-May-12 16:14:23 Overall rating: 0.0
I tried to buy tartaric or citric acid in Boots last year to use in homemade elderflower cordial and was told it is a key ingredient in crack manufacture so they don't supply it any more ...! If no luck on the High Street, you can find these things online from beer-making websites. Will be using my crack-making kit to try out this lemonade recipe :)
From: sophybear on Fri 04-Jun-10 17:42:25 Overall rating: 10.0
I have this exact recipe from my granny in her hand written 1930's recipe book. it is the taste of my childhood and I recommend it to everyone!
From: thelma2008 on Wed 01-Apr-09 07:16:35 Overall rating: 10.0
Yummy, ideal for a summer's day in the garden.



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