Gooseberry Mint Lemonade Recipes

GOOSEBERRY & MINT LEMONADE

Steps:

• In a large pan, gently melt the sugar in 250ml water. Meanwhile, using a vegetable peeler, pare away a few long strips of lemon zest. Squeeze the juice to give about 100ml.
• Add the zest, juice, gooseberries and mint leaves to the pan, and bring to a simmer. Cook for 5-10 mins until the gooseberries are very soft, then mash with a potato masher and leave to cool. Strain through a sieve, pressing the flesh well to extract the juices, then chill thoroughly.
• To serve, dilute 4 tbsp of the lemonade base with 100ml sparkling water (or to taste), adding extra ice, lemon and mint.

STRAWBERRY-GINGER-MINT LEMONADE

Steps:

• Place strawberries, mint, lemon juice, 1 cup water, sugar, and ginger into an electric blender and blend well.
• Pour into a pitcher, add 5 cups water, and stir well. Refrigerate or serve immediately over crushed ice.

MINT LEMONADE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine sugar and 1/4 cup water. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat. Let stand until completely cool.
• In a large pitcher half-filled with ice, add 2 cups water, lemon juice, simple syrup, mint, and lemon slices. Stir to combine. Serve over ice. Garnish with mint leaves and lemon slices.

MINTED LEMONADE

Steps:

• To make simple syrup: Place 2 cups sugar and 2 cups water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir until sugar is dissolved and let cool. Place lemon juice in a large pitcher, add remaining 4 cups water and 1 cup of the simple syrup or more to taste. Stir in mint leaves and refrigerate for 1 hour. Serve over ice.

LEMONADE ICE CREAM PIE FROM THE GOOSEBERRY PATCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Set two 8- or 9-inch pie plates on the counter.
• Into each pie plate pour 1 1/2°C cracker crumbs and 1/4°C sugar; mix well with a fork. Drizzle 1/4°C butter over crumbs in one plate, use fork to mix & toss until well combined.
• Use the bottom of measuring cup (or your fingers), and starting in the middle of the pie plate, gently press crumbs to form a crust. Go outward in a larger and larger circle, pressing lightly as you go. Press side crust, too.
• Repeat with second pie plate; pop both pies into the oven for about 10 minutes. Remove and cool completely (I put mine into the freezer [with hotpads under the pan] after about 10 minutes of cooling--as I am very impatient!).
• Turn OFF the oven--it's hot enough, don'tcha think?.
• Into large mixing bowl, dump lemonade, about 3/4s of the whipped topping (reserve some for a thin layer to finish the pie), and all of the ice cream.
• With the whip, gently mix and gradually increase the speed until well-incorporated.
• Pour into cooled crusts.
• Place in freezer until filling is firm (several hours); spread or "garnish" with reserved whipped topping (if someone didn't already snitch it!).
• Freeze overnight; cover with plastic.
• Garnish (or not) with lemon slices or mint sprigs.
• SUBSTITUTIONS: Instead of lemonade, try other citrus or berry juice flavors. Garnish accordingly.
• Add flavorings to the reserved whipped topping (lemon, mint, orange, almond).
• Use Orange Juice instead of lemonade and Orange Sherbet instead of vanilla ice cream.
• You're COOL!

BLUEBERRY-MINT LEMONADE

Steps:

• Puree berries and lemon juice in a food processor. Pour through a fine sieve into a bowl; discard pulp. Transfer to a large pitcher. Stir in mint syrup and 2 cups cold water; add ice, and serve.

RASPBERRY MINT LEMONADE

Steps:

• Make your lemonade, however you like it. Everyone has their own recipe for lemonade.
• In an ice cube tray, place one raspberry and one mint leaf in each compartment (if the mint leaves are small, I usually put two).
• Fill ice cube tray with lemonade and freeze.
• Once frozen, add to your lemonade. Once the cubes start to melt, it will infuse the lemonade with the flavor of the raspberries and mint leaves, and since it was frozen with lemonade and not just plain water, it will not "water down" the flavors.