Lemonade - a favorite soda residents entire post-Soviet space, refreshing and enjoyable for both adults and children. But the lemonade - it's not just the usual fizzy magazine, but also a natural-based drink lemon -vkusny and very useful. Moreover, lemonade has its own history and the traditional way of cooking, which stretches back from France.

Lemonade first started doing it in France, and in this country it is one of the oldest non-alcoholic beverages, which began to sell. Street vendors lemonade called "Lemonade", the name that appeared in the late seventeenth century, displacing an anonymous dealer who sold a variety of alcoholic beverages, as well as floral perfumes.

That is, in the streets began to exist separately sellers of alcoholic beverages and soft drinks - those who sell delicious non-alcoholic lemon drink. Since 1776 Lemonade were "tied" to the sellers of vinegar that was due to the fact that for making lemonade required white vinegar. Now lemonade drink throughout the world, in different countries, and it is made on the basis of the different ingredients. Depending on the type of lemon, lemon juice and sugar, and depends on the flavor.

Several of the recommendations for the preparation of homemade lemonade

Choose eco-friendly lemons, be careful that they are solid green or yellow What color is combined yellow: Armed and Fabulous Especially if you want to use lemonade lemon zest, which gives the drink flavor.

Vary the sugar. Most preferably white sugar, can be used as a sugar syrup. The lemonade instead of sugar you can put honey (lightly perfumed), which give the drink a distinctive flavor and taste. Optionally, if you do not resort to the process of natural fermentation of lemonade, you can use as a sweetener agave syrup or stevia.

The main ingredient in soda - water, that is why it is so important to use clean water. The water from the tap can be heavily chlorinated, so it is not suitable for the lemonade. Avoid mineral water which is oversaturated with oligo-elements, because it can give the drink a "metallic" taste.

Preparation by means of fermentation

Preparation lemonade historically similar to the preparation of wine, cider or beer - by fermentation (fermentation). But the difference is that the fermentation of lemonade should stop before the sugar turns into alcohol.

Typically, the fermentation takes at least eight days, but if you add the liquid to the specific components that contribute to the acceleration of the process, the period can be shortened. It can be: yeast, raisins, dried figs, rice, dried leaves of linden or elderberry.

Further fermentation is the same as for yoghurt. The fluid you need to add a little vinegar, cream of tartar, or citric acid, and as soon as fermentation begins, the drink can be placed in pre-sterilized bottles. Do not put too much citric acid, as well as make sure that the bottle was filled with no more than two-thirds, because otherwise it could explode.

Then lemonade should be placed in a cool place and leave for about a week. Be prepared for the fact that when you open the bottle produces a lot of gas.

Preparation of lemonade with the addition of gas

It is more easy cooking technique, because you need only add gas to the beverage. You can do this in three ways:

• via a siphon for aerating, which produces carbon dioxide:
• with a special gasifier;
• adding to the drink, which is a concentrated flavored base, slightly salted soda.

Spices for lemonade

For homemade lemonade you can pick up a lot of spices for flavoring. This can act as verbena, basil, mint (for those who love grass), cardamom pod Cardamom: grains of paradise and the king of spices   for fans of Indian spices. For those who prefer the bright taste, it may be advisable to experiment with cayenne pepper.

Lemonade - a great drink for hot summer days. Prepare your taste flavored base, soak it for about three days and enjoy the pleasant natural refreshing lemonade, which can add ice cubes.

Not only pure

But you can drink lemonade, not only in its original form - it can become a basis for the preparation of cocktails - both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. Lemonade traditionally prepared alcoholic drinks such as the sangria, melon punch, tinto de verano (a mixture of wine and lemonade), voile (white wine, rum, lemon, orange, vanilla Vanilla: sweet tenderness , Lemonade). Also lemonade can be administered in non-alcoholic drinks - sweet fruit cocktails, infusions of ginger (ginger ale, which is often added mint).

Lemonade is perfect for housewives who cook pancakes. The pancake batter instead of water can add a little lemonade and give it a lovely thin pancakes taste. The drink can be used for baking homemade cakes, pies, introducing it into the dough and sweet syrup.

Lemonade can irrigate when frying or stew: pork, partridge, beef, to which is added a little garlic or ginger. An excellent sweet caramelized sauce if lemonade sweet enough.

Homemade lemonade is well suited as a base for a marinade, which is necessary to sustain the meat before you start to cook it in a pan or on the grill. It will soften any meat and make it interesting exquisite sweet-sour taste.

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