Rhubarb Lemonade
For 8 glasses
For the Rhubarb Syrup
1,2 kg rhubarb, peeled and diced
480 g castor sugar
450 ml water
For the Rhubarb Lemonade
sparkling water
lemon slices
mint leaves
Method
To prepare the rhubarb lemonade first combine the rhubarb, sugar, and water in a large saucepan.
Cook over a medium heat, stirring frequently for 20-25 minutes until the rhubarb is soft and the syrup has slightly thickened.
Strain the syrup through a fine sieve lined with muslin or cheesecloth, sat over a bowl.
Press the rhubarb against the side of the sieve with the back of a spoon to extract as much syrup as possible.
Pour the rhubarb syrup into a jar, seal well, and chill until ready to serve.
To Serve
Pour 50 ml of rhubarb syrup into serving glasses.
Top up with chilled sparkling water, stir briefly, and garnish the rhubarb lemonade with lemon slices and mint leaves before serving.
Lemon Cordial
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups water
1 1/2 cups lemon juice
zest from one lemon
cold or sparkling water
lemon slices, optional
mint leaves for garnish
Method
Measure the sugar and water into a saucepan. Stir with a wooden spoon to dissolve the sugar, bring the mixture to a boil for 5 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat. Let cool slightly.
Add fresh squeezed lemon juice and lemon zest to the sugar syrup. Cool completely. Pour the lemonade syrup into a jar or bottle. Cover tightly with the lid. The syrup can be kept in the refrigerator for 2 or 3 weeks.
When you’re ready to make into lemonade, put some ice cubes in the bottom of a glass. Pour ¼ cup of the lemon syrup over the ice cubes. Add ¾ cup cold water or sparkling water and stir. Float a thin slice of lemon and, if you like, a fresh mint leaf on top of each glass. The recipe makes enough syrup for 14 glasses of lemonade.
To make pink lemonade: add 1/2 cup grenadine syrup to the jar of lemonade syrup and stir. Strawberry lemonade: add 2 tablespoons of puree of fresh strawberries into each glass. Limeade: Replace lemon with lime juice and lime zest.
We, the Amsterdam Flavours chefs, hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do. If you have any questions on how to prepare it or just want to send us your feedback, you can reach us here Contact Amsterdam Flavours
