Ginger Lemonade With A Whole Lemon
December 29, 2009
For epic lemonade, blend a whole lemon into the mixture to give it a velvety frothy texture and amazing depth of flavor.
Ginger Lemonade With A Whole Lemon
For epic lemonade, blend a whole lemon into the mixture to give it a velvety frothy texture and amazing depth of flavor.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 4 to 6
Ingredients
- 4 cups (960ml) filtered water
- 1 cup (240ml) fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup (120ml) coconut nectar (or pure maple syrup or other sweetener)
- 1 medium thin-skinned lemon, skin on, scrubbed, cut, and seeded
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger, plus more to taste
Instructions
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Throw all of the ingredients into your blender and blast on high until the whole lemon is completely pulverized. The mixture will be frothy. Tweak ginger to taste.
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Transfer to a sealed container in the fridge to chill and allow the froth to settle.
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Serve over ice.
Recipe Notes
Photo by Trent Lanz; styling by Alicia Buszczak
Comments 18
This is officially my fav drink EVER!!!! I can’t get enough of it! The bitterness drives me WILD, mmmm! I LOVE!
Ha! Glad you like it!
Yummilicious! Got all recommendations from family and friends! <3
Yay!
I am so glad you are all enjoying this lemonade. I love it! So pleased you do too 🙂
Hi there, this looks awesome! I am intolerant to Agave can you recommend a substitute? Thanksz!!
Hey Nicole,
You can use any sweetener you like in this recipe and it tastes delicious!
Yum, I will make it today. Was just wondering what juice to make, this sounds perfect 🙂
Oh, this is YUM!
I will say, that I no longer make this with agave. Use dates, honey or stevia. ENJOY 🙂
I’m going to make this today, bit I’m going to try ginger liqueur instead of vodka to add punch!
Oh Yum! I love that!!! Please let me know how it turned out!
Yes. I love it too!
Awesome! Great to be connected!~
I already knew I liked you, but now… OMG, I love you, I love you, I LOVE you!!! I’ve been looking for an easy ginger lemonade recipe for a long time! Can’t wait to try it. Just hope I have enough honey.
Yay! Let me know how you like it.
Well, I tried it, and something went wrong, but I’m not sure what. Firstly, I probably didn’t have enough lemon juice, so I threw in a second lemon, which I wasn’t originally going to do. I put my honey in, then my ginger, and proceeded to blend. It never quite got frothy, and never quite blended smoothly. Part of the problem was that I didn’t realize at first that I had my blender on the right speed, but it was on low. I’m sure that didn’t help the frothyness factor. And, oh, the mess it made, all over the blender, all over the counter, all over the base of the blender, right where you put the container. LOL. I never said I was a good cook. 🙂 Any advice on what I could do better would be a blessing, before I try making this thang again. Also, any advice on making those three ingredients into a smoothy?
So sorry you had a crappy experience with this Rainee. Make sure you have enough fresh lemon juice and add a small very well scrubbed lemon and remove the seeds. Blend that up on the highest speed with the sweetener and ginger until as smooth as possible. Then add the water and stir and you should have frothy lemonade.
Fantastic. I am so glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing your experience.