This apple lemonade solely requires apple juice, contemporary lemon juice and maple syrup, making it naturally vegan and paleo. It’s surprisingly refreshing and excellent for warm days.
Right here’s only a quite simple however tasty recipe for when you’ve got too many lemons sitting round. I hardly ever have a ton of lemons that I urgently want to make use of up. Normally only one or two.
And that is what I at all times do with them! For two cups of apple juice, you solely want 1/4 cup of contemporary lemon juice.
Do I’ve to make use of contemporary lemon juice?
Sure, positively! There’s no comparability in taste between bottled and contemporary lemon juice. I typically attempt to get away with utilizing bottled for different recipes, however I often remorse it.
You possibly can at all times style a distinction.
How candy is it?
I feel it’s a traditional sweetness. I wrote 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup of lemon juice within the recipe, however I at all times use 1/4 cup.
I say as much as 1/3 cup in case you want issues a bit on the tart aspect. Then you can begin off with 1/4 cup and add the remaining 4 teaspoons, if you would like.
Maple syrup vs. honey
Maple syrup works rather well in drinks. I exploit it as a sweetener in most of my cocktails, together with this Apple Margarita and these Apple Juice Cocktails.
All of us most popular this apple lemonade with maple syrup. We thought that the honey taste was overwhelming. You couldn’t style the lemon or the apple, actually.
I used a normal honey and never a particular extra-flavorful kind, so the kind of honey wasn’t the difficulty. I additionally solely used 3 tablespoons of honey as a substitute of 4 tablespoons, such as you do with maple syrup, and it was nonetheless too honey-flavored.
If you need your drink honey-flavored, you may actually use it. And maybe it is best to take a look at my honey lemonade. However for this recipe, I wished to style apples + lemon!
Utilizing maple syrup was additionally simpler as a result of I didn’t must spend any time dissolving it. In case your honey is completely runny, then that’s not a problem.
If it’s crystallized a bit and it’s not uncooked honey, you may simply microwave it at half energy till liquified. If you wish to use crystallized uncooked honey that you simply need to keep uncooked, you must dissolve it within the lemon juice earlier than including the apple juice.
Can I exploit common sugar?
Sure, you should use granulated sugar. However you then’d most likely must dissolve it earlier than including it to the total quantity of liquid. To try this, I’d combine collectively only a little bit of apple juice and the sugar (utilizing the identical quantity), on the stovetop at low warmth.
Stir till dissolved, let cool, after which pour that and the remaining substances into the pitcher.
I don’t advocate utilizing coconut taste was the flavour would overpower the apple and lemon.
Can I exploit apple cider?
If you happen to’re speaking in regards to the non-alcoholic type, then positive!
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I hope you’ll take pleasure in this apple lemonade! If you happen to strive it out, please depart a remark under. I’d love to listen to the way it got here out. 🙂 Thanks!
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- Yield: 2.5 cups
Elements
- 2 cups (473ml) 100% apple juice
- 1/4 cup (60ml) maple syrup
- 1/4 cup (60ml) to 1/3 cup (80 ml) freshly squeezed lemon juice
Instructions
- Stir the apple juice, maple syrup and 1/4 cup (80 ml) of lemon juice in a pitcher. Style and add the remaining 4 teaspoons of lemon juice, if desired.
- Serve. Cowl and refrigerate leftovers for as much as 4 days.
