For a wonderful, refreshing summer time beverage, this lavender lemonade can’t be beat. It is both sweet and savory, picking up a uniquely delicious herbal boost from the lavender buds. As with many lavender recipes, the secret to getting a beautiful flavor is to steep the lavender buds for at least 20 minutes before straining them out and retaining the syrup. To give the lemonade a citrus zing, use a Eureka or Lisbon lemon rather than a Meyer lemon—which tends to be too sweet for this recipe.
Ingredients:
Simple Syrup
2 cups Sugar
2 cups Water
Lemonade
2 Tbsp Monte-Bellaria Culinary Lavender
2 Eureka or Lisbon Lemons, juiced
6 cups Water
For Serving:
1 Lemon for serving slices
Directions:
- Make a simple syrup by heating water and sugar just until sugar is completely dissolved.
- Add culinary lavender buds and steep for 20 to 30 minutes. Strain the buds and discard; reserve the lavender syrup.
- Add cooled lavender simple syrup, the juice of two lemons and six cups of water to a half-gallon glass pitcher.
- Chill and serve with additional slices of lemon.
Makes ½ gallon of Lavender Lemonade.