Lemon shandies
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 3 | cups | Water |
| 4 | 3-inch strips lemon zest | |
| 1 | cup | Fresh lemon juice |
| 2 | Fresh mint sprigs | |
| Chilled beer; such as pale ale | ||
Directions
In a small saucepan bring sugar and 1 cup water to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved, and stir in zest. Cool sugar syrup to room temperature.
Transfer syrup to a small pitcher and stir in remaining 2 cups water, lemon juice, and mint. Chill lemonade until cold. (Makes about 4½ cups lemonade.)
Pour ¼ cup lemonade, or to taste, into each of 4 chilled beer glasses and top off with beer.
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8932 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #721 by "Angele and Jon Freeman" <jfreeman@...> on Aug 4, 1997