Just finishing the last bottle of homemade summer lemonade, now the nights have drawn in, the leaves have turned and the temperature has dropped this is like a taste of summer but still excellent and the kids love it!

Last of the Summer Lemonade

Ingredients:-

• 4 lemons
• 3lb sugar
• 4 pts water
• 2oz citric acid (you can buy it from the local chemist)

Method:-

• cut away the outside peel and zest of the lemons and place in liquidiser with half a pint of water, if large lemons cut the ends off and discard.  top speed for 1 minute.
• pour into saucepan with remaining water and bring to boil.
• extract juice from lemons and add sugar and citric acid to pan, stir to dissolve.
• strain and bottle in hot sterilised bottles.