🍋 Lebanese lemonade
Lebanese lemonade is fresh lemon juice blended with mint, sugar and cold water into a tart, bright green drink. The mint is blended rather than just steeped, which gives it a strong herbal flavour and a slightly frothy texture. It is served very cold, often alongside mezze and grilled dishes in summer.
Diets
Allergens
None of the 14 major allergens in a typical recipe.
What it is made of
Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 lemons (about 160 ml juice)
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 800 ml cold water
- A large handful of fresh mint leaves
Method
- Squeeze the lemons and strain out the seeds.
- Dissolve the sugar in a little of the water.
- Blend the lemon juice, sugared water, remaining water, mint until smooth and pale green.
- Taste, adjust the sugar and serve at once, well chilled.
How to make it lighter
- Almost all the calories come from sugar: each tablespoon adds about 48 kcal.
- Halve the sugar and add more mint and ice for flavour.
- Order it 'no sugar' or lightly sweet in cafés and sweeten to taste yourself.
History
Lemon and mint drinks are found across the Levant, and this blended version is a standard on juice-bar and restaurant menus in Lebanon today.
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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →