Lemon Refresher

[Marmora Man]

A recipe:

3 x lemons (unwaxed ideally)

1/4 Cucumber

Handfull of mint

2 x pint water

Sugar to taste - I used about a tablespoonful

Whizz all together in blender. Sieve and press all pulp to squeeze out liquid.

Chill.

Serve over ice with sparkling water, lemonade or even sparkling wine.

Very refreshing

Serve

[Jeremy]

You forgot the vodka there, MM.

[womanofdulwich]

Is this what happens when you move to Cornwall?Are we in for weekly recipes that you found in your attic before you left?

Is it hot and sunny down there?

[Annette Curtain]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> You forgot the vodka there, MM.

I think he's already done the Vodka Jezza

[El Pibe]

Did side by side test on pimms vs sipsmit yesterday. 1pt summer cup/pimms, 1pt ginger beer, 2pts lemonade. Splash of apple juice, small squeeze of lime. Chopped strawberries, melon, watermelon and mint.

No outright winner, Pimms is the taste of the summer, but that sipsmiths summer cup is pretty compelling stuff.

[Otta]

As someone who likes all things lemon, and is very hot and bothered, MM's recipe is very appealing to me right now!

[El Pibe]

I should add pt is part, not pint. Other wise I might have been a bit bloated...not to mention messy.

[PeckhamRose]

Curious, I posted similar on my Facebook page last week except that I put lemons in freezer first, then after defrosting the whole of the lemon can be blended and used and sieved!

[fishbiscuits]

Just to lower the tone... frozen beergarita:

Flesh of 1 lime

Half a can of lager

2 measures tequila

1 measure Cointreau

A glug of sprite

Put in blender, then freeze. The alchohol content will prevent it from completely solidifying.

Mash it up with a fork, and shake it up with a little water (or more sprite, or beer). Makes two glasses.

[El Pibe]

Reminds me of a the 'cerveza con salsa Inglesa' I had in Guatemala out of bemused curiosity.

Basically a very cold beer with worcester sauce and tabasco. A Ruddy Mary perhaps?

A very odd drink indeed!!

[fishbiscuits]

Yeah, often known as a Michelada. I tried one in Texas, it tasted like sick. Beer margaritas are good though.