We go the extra mile with fresh lemons and mint to make this Lebanese inspired lemonade extra special. We recommend having a pitcher on hand for Succot, Rosh Hashanah, Shabbat or any day you want a thirst quenching beverage to share that’s a little out of the ordinary yet familiar and nostalgic. Click here for our other Lebanese recipes.
Makes 6 cups
Ingredients
For Mint & Lemon Simple Syrup:- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup fresh mint
- 1 lemon, washed well and sliced
- 1 cup Mint & Lemon Simple Syrup (from above)
- 1/2 cup fresh mint
- 1 lemon, washed well, ends sliced off and seeds removed (keep skin on)
- 1/4 cup rose water
- 1 cup ice
- 1 cup filtered water
Instructions
Make Mint & Lemon Simple Syrup:- In a sauce pan, combine 2 cups water and 2 cups sugar
- Simmer over low heat until sugar has dissolved
- Remove from heat, add slices of 1 lemon and mint leaves. Cover pan and let steep for 30 minutes
- Strain out mint and lemons and pour simple syrup into a glass container
- Refrigerate
- Blend all Lemonade ingredients at high speed
- Strain liquid and serve in a pitcher with more ice or refrigerate
Where do I get rose water???
You can order rose water off of Amazon, Walmart and Wegmans also have food-grade rose water.
You can also make your own. Steep rose petals in hot water.
Fantastic idea….thank you!
Hi you can purchase Rose Hydrosol from Mountain Rose Herbs in the USA great quality in Canada Rae Dunphy and 57 Aromas… all 3 companies offer good quality products… you can use the hydrosol on your skin….
On your recipe for the simple syrup, you said to wait for water to dissolve, I believe you meant sugar. But this sounds very delicious
Delicious, Thank you
Indeed! Thank you for catching that. We have corrected the instructions!
I made suntea last week by using morning harvested White Rose petals from my ( insecticide-free) rose bush and purified water in a glass jar set in the morning sun. Let it set in the sun all day , strain it then refrigerate. The fragrance was delightful . I drank it and splashed on my face. I kept the rosewater for a week in the refrigerator and the fragrance was still fresh.
Can Honey be substituted in place of Sugar?
Whats ratio of water to pedals?
Yes!
I did this with Indian limes, mint & rose water. Also delicious!
Any Indian market. Large grocery stores typically carry it. Wholefoods, Sprouts, Trader Joe’s. If you are in Texas H.E.B. and Kroger.
Too complicated!
This is incredibly delicious!! I let the syrup mixture simmer at a low boil for 3 minutes after letting it heat up slowly over about 20 minutes, and I let the lemons and mint steep in the syrup for 45 minutes before straining it out. Fantastic!!
Awesome
Most middle eastern stores carry rose water, too.
Can u use Splenda instead of sugar. I am a diebetic
Absolutely!