Basil is a herb with so many uses. It is used as a spice in various dishes, make sauces, salads from it. Also from the leaves of basil extract the most valuable essential oils. Few people know that this spice can be used to quench your thirst even on the hottest day. Preparing the drink is quite simple, but the taste will pleasantly surprise you. There are also many recipes, so there is a wide field for experimentation.
Lemonade with basil and lemon classic
Ingredients:
- purified water - 1 l
- blue basil - 1 bunch
- sugar - 200 g
- lemon - 0.5 pcs.
- Wash the basil leaves thoroughly so that no sand remains on them. Shake the basil and pat dry with a towel. Cut the leaves into small pieces with a knife.
- Place the basil in a saucepan, cover with water and bring to a boil. When the water boils, add all the sugar and cook for a few minutes. Cut the lemon in half and, at the end of cooking, squeeze the juice from half the lemon into the pan.
- Ready lemonade to cool and can be put in the refrigerator, as it can be stored for a long time. You can add a few ice cubes before serving.
Lemonade on lemon syrup with basil
Components:
- lemon syrup with basil - 2 cups
- purified water - 2 cups
- lemon juice- 1.5 cups
- ice cubes - 20 pcs.
- To prepare lemon syrup with basil, you need to mix washed basil in one pan, in the amount of 250 grams, 4 cups of water, 2 cups of sugar and lemon zest to taste. Put this mixture on fire and bring to a boil. Ready syrup cool and strain.
- After that, combine boiled purified water, lemon juice, ice and the resulting syrup in another saucepan. Pour everything into glasses and you can drink.
Ginger lemonade with basil
Components:
- First you need to rub. Cut the lemon and squeeze the juice out of it. Wash the basil thoroughly, dry and chop finely.
- Heat the water a little, add the sugar and stir to dissolve the sugar. Add all previous components. Pour dry yeast and pour lemonade into a plastic bottle, only so that there is still room at the top. Close the lid and leave overnight at room temperature. Then put another day in the refrigerator.
- Ready lemonade carefully open and filter. Pour lemonade into glass bottles.
Lemonade with basil and strawberries
Ingredients:
- sparkling water - 1 l
- fresh strawberries - 120 g
- sugar and strawberry syrup - to taste
- fresh basil - 5 sprigs
- ice - a few cubes
- Wash and dry the basil. Cut the basil and strawberries into small pieces. Put these ingredients in a large glass.
- Also add sugar and strawberry syrup, ice cubes and sparkling water.
- Let the drink steep for about 10 minutes. Strain the finished drink through a sieve into another glass and serve with a sprig of mint.
Lemonade with basil is, first of all,
Delicious, fragrant, refreshing, beautiful, bright, cool - strawberry-basil lemonade.
A drink that will decorate any party and will not go unnoticed.
Don't be put off by the basil in this drink, it complements the strawberry and lemon flavors orgasmically delicious.
Have a great weekend in good company.
Preparation of ingredients:
My strawberries, peeled from greens, cut into 2 parts.
Leaves from one branch cut into small pieces. I leave the leaves from the second branch intact. There are approximately 10 leaves in total.
I cut half a lemon into slices.
Sugar 4 tablespoons + water 2 tablespoons = heat until sugar dissolves.
Strawberry Basil Lemonade - Preparation:
Half a strawberry (150g) + sugar syrup= grind in a blender (can be mashed with a fork) + chopped leaves + 3 slices of lemon = mix, pressing lightly with a fork to release the juice.
I pour it into a transparent, beautiful container + water 1.5 liters = mix, put in the refrigerator for 30-60 minutes + ice (quantity optional) + lemon (all that is left) + strawberries 150g + green basil leaves.
Ready. Drink with pleasure.
History of lemonade:
Since the 17th century, lemonade has been a drink made from lemon juice and plenty of water. Hence its name, Limonade. lemon added), which means "lemonized".
In 1767, the English chemist Joseph Priestley invented the pump ( ssakarator), which saturated the water with gas produced during the fermentation of beer. industrial production such pumps were started by Jacob Schwepp. And so the first company to release carbonated drinks to the general public was J. Schweppe & Co”, founded by Jacob Schwepp, which later began to produce waters with fruit and berry syrups. Since natural syrups were expensive, they began to be replaced with acids and essences.
was first synthesized lemon acid, and lemonade became in 1833 the leader in fruit soda throughout the world, and " Lemon's Superior Sparkling Ginger Ale" ("Excellent Sparkling Lemon Ginger Ale") - the first registered trademark of a soft drink.
When the usual tastes of soft drinks are already boring - mint, orange, strawberry, kiwi, it remains to try something unusual! On a hot summer day, let's make amazing lemonade from cucumbers and basil - despite its strangeness, this combination has its own palatability you will definitely not be disappointed! The drink turns out to be invigorating, sweet, with a light spicy note and very refreshing, besides, it has a delicate golden-green color that pleases the eye.
So, how can we cook such a seemingly difficult exotic at home?
At the output, we will get 1 large glass of 250 ml - this is quite enough for a sample, and then you can increase the number of products at your discretion, most importantly, keep the proportions.
Ingredients
- - 1 PC. + -
- - 6-7 leaves + -
- - 3 tsp + -
- - 150 ml + -
- Lime - 1 pc. + -
Cooking
- Wash the cucumber well and squeeze the juice out of it. You can do this with a juicer, or you can grate it on a coarse grater or grind it in a blender and squeeze it through cheesecloth.
- My lime and cut first into halves lengthwise, and then into slices, put in a deep plate or a small dipper. We wash the basil and send it to the lime slices.
- We fall asleep everything with sugar and crush with a spoon or crush.
- Leave for 15 minutes to completely dissolve the sugar, and then add cucumber juice and water. We mix.
The advantage of this drink is that it can be served both strained and not, leaving lemon slices and basil leaves, flavoring everything with crushed ice or cubes. In any case, let's cool everything down.
Instead of lime, this recipe allows you to use a regular lemon, but you will not need to add a whole citrus, especially if it is large, but only half. Basil is also suitable for both green and purple - choose the one that you like best or easier to buy.
You can dilute homemade lemonade with cucumber and basil not only with plain filtered water. It is enough to add it with bottled carbonated and the taste will change beyond recognition! Before us will be a drink reminiscent of a mojito, but much healthier and tastier.
In addition, this combination is often flavored with celery. Let's try!
You can cook it in the same way as the previous one, by squeezing the juice from a cucumber, or you can speed up and simplify the process.
- In a blender bowl, grind 1 large cucumber, 5 basil leaves and a small stalk of celery (1.5 - 2 cm) - it should be fresh and juicy.
- Cut the washed lemon into slices, add 1 tbsp. sugar, knead with a crush and spread gruel from a blender to it.
- Pour everything with 250 ml of hot water, but in no case above 60 ° C and leave for 20 - 30 minutes.
When the cucumber basil lemonade has completely cooled, strain it through several layers of gauze, add ice to taste or add a little water and serve! Absolutely natural drink is ready!
Now you know how to make lemonade from cucumber and basil at home so that it turns out to be extremely tasty and healthy!
Lemonade purple basil is a fantastic drink! Not only is it beautiful and delicious, but also magical. Watching it change color from exposure to lemon juice is a pleasure. It's easy to make and all you have to do is wait for it to cool down. Fragrant, very tasty lemonade is perfectly refreshing in the summer heat.
For 2 servings:
- 2-3 sprigs of purple basil
- 2 tsp sugar or honey (add to your liking, you can put more or do without sweeteners)
- 500 ml hot water(not boiling water!)
- juice of 1/4 or 1/3 lemon (lemon juice is also added to taste, for someone even half a lemon will not be enough, but for someone a couple of tablespoons is enough)
Put basil sprigs, sugar (or honey) into a jug or glasses and pour hot water over it. Stir.
All this must be infused and cooled to room temperature. The drink will turn a beautiful blue color.
Remove the basil sprigs from the cooled drink. Add lemon juice (it is better to add a little bit to get an acceptable taste for you), stir.
Before your very eyes lemonade will change from blue to pink. That's another spectacle! I think the kids will love it.
spill lemonade by glasses. You can add ice cubes.
The yummy is extraordinary!
Basil is very tasty. lemonade, I advise you to prepare it. Moreover, it is much easier to get purple basil in Russia than its green counterpart. Some grow it even in the Leningrad region.
Bon Appetit!
Basil has a unique fresh and spicy aroma that enhances the taste of many dishes. As it turns out, basil drinks taste exceptionally good too. For example, classic lemonade can be even tastier and more aromatic if you add fresh basil leaves and a little apple juice.
To make lemonade, you will need mint-leaf green basil or red basil. The second has a more intense taste and aroma. There are more than ten varieties of basil, each of which is good in its own way and suitable for certain dishes.
- half a lemon;
- mint leaves;
- 5-6 ice cubes;
- 50g apple juice;
- 200 ml of water;
- 4-5 basil leaves;
- honey to taste.
How to cook with a photo step by step
1. First, according to the recipe for homemade lemonade with basil, half a lemon is cut into small pieces. 
2. Mint and basil leaves are plucked from the branches. 
3. Put all the ingredients of the lemonade into the shaker and mix intensively. Instead of a shaker, you can use a thermos. To dissolve honey in a drink, first mix everything except ice, and after the honey dissolves, add ice cubes and shake the lemonade again in a shaker. By the way, an alternative to lemonade from lemons can serve, which you will surely like. 
4. Lemonade prepared at home is poured into a glass with a volume of 250-400 ml.
5. Lemonade with basil can be strained if desired. 
6. To make the taste of basil brighter, you need to chop the leaves before mixing.
This homemade lemonade has an extraordinary taste and charm inherent in alcoholic cocktail. It seems that now the receptors will catch the gin, but the combination of apple juice, basil and mint creates this aftertaste. This taste will surprise any gourmet.
This cocktail can be served after a festive feast of delicious fish, stewed vegetables and a delicate salad.
You can serve it with a light cake.
Such a cocktail can be served for any holiday, or during the celebration for sweets. Tea and coffee have long become boring to everyone, and such a cocktail with a mild unusual taste will be very joyfully received by guests and relatives.
