IGGPPCamp 2016: Lemonade recipe

Since camp is in full swing right now and we don’t want anyone to get dehydrated, I have several recipes on how to make syrup that you can turn into lemonade for you! There are three difficulty levels with two recipes each. At the end I will include some tips on how to come up with your own recipes, and how to turn the syrup into lemonade and other awesome drinks!

Level 1: one flavor

For this level you’ll need the following tools:

• pot
• stove
• whisk (or other tool for stirring)
• funnel
• bottle
• measuring cup (since we only need one size a normal cup will be fine too)

Recipe one: passion fruit

Ingredients:

• passion fruit juice 1 cup
• sugar 1 cup

Put both ingredients into your pot heat it up until it boils, while stirring, be careful about not letting it boil over. Turn the heat down to half (if you have an electric stove you can even turn it of completely) and let it simmer for a few minutes. If both your bottle and your funnel isn’t plastic immediately fill the syrup into the bottle and close it. This way it will last longer, but if you use plastic please let the syrup cool down at least a bit.

Recipe two: black currant

Ingredients:

• black currant juice 1 cup
• sugar one cup

Follow the instructions for recipe one.

Level two: two flavors

For this level you’ll need the following tools:

• pot
• stove
• whisk (or other tool for stirring)
• funnel
• bottle
• measuring cup (this time we need different sizes, but you have my permission to eyeball it if you don’t own measuring cups)

Recipe one: rhubarb-strawberry

Ingredients:

• sugar 1 cup
• rhubarb juice ¾ cup
• strawberry juice ¼ cup

Put all three ingredients in your pot and follow the instructions from above.

Recipe two: pomegranate-strawberry

Ingredients:

• sugar 1 cup
• pomegranate juice ¾ cup
• strawberry juice ¼ cup

Same instructions as rhubarb-strawberry.

Level three: fruit and herb flavoured

For this level you’ll need the following tools:

• pot
• lid
• stove
• whisk (or other tool for stirring)
• funnel
• bottle
• measuring cup (since we only need one size a normal cup will be fine too)
• sieve (as fine as possible I used a tea sieve)
• knife
• something to cut on

Recipe one: lime-mint

Ingredients:

• sugar 1 cup
• lime juice 1 cup
• mint 1 cup

Shop your mint in smaller pieces (you can use all of it not just the leaves). Put your lime juice and sugar in to your pot heat it up, while stirring, until it boils and let it simmer for a bit, then mix the mint under. Put the lid on the pot and remove it from the stove. Now you have to wait for at least an hour. Then you can take a peek and if the mint has lost all it’s colour it’s ready for the next step. It should look like this:

Pour the syrup through a sieve to remove the mint. Fill into your bottle and you’re done.

Recipe two: lemon-basil

Ingredients:

• sugar 1 cup
• lemon juice 1 cup
• basil one cup

Follow the instructions for the lime-mint recipe.

The last one is my personal favourite. Which is yours?

Tips & Tricks:

I recommended trying to find juices with as much fruit as possible, especially without sugar in them. I used some that didn’t have that much fruit in them and it worked fine, but those with a lot of fruit taste better.

Also I mostly went for sour fruit since you’ll add a lot of sugar, but that is totally up to you how sweet you want your lemonade to be. The version with herbs only works for green leave once.

To turn this into lemonade I would recommend using a finger high amount of syrup in a half litre glass and then fill it up with sparkling water. A simple trick you could also use is filling the glass mostly with sparkling water and then add a bit of syrup until you like the taste. If your stomach doesn’t agree with sparkles, you can also use flat water.

For a more adult version:

Instead of only sparkling water use 1/4 sparkling wine and 3/4 sparkling water. I liked the rhubarb-strawberry one best with this. You also might want to use a smaller glass. (Also secret tip if you look hard enough there are also alcohol free sparkling wines)

I asked Counselor Dittany for some help with a more cocktail like options and she recommends to use 1-2 cups of vodka per litre of lemonade depending on how strong you want it to be. She used the lime-mint syrup.

Remember don’t drink and catch Pokémon (or was it driving?)! Better do neither.

Cheers 🙂