Tom’s Summer Citrus-Ade

Tom Oertling, original recipe
Preparation time 10 min
Cooking Timen/a
Ready In 10 min
Level of DifficultyVery Easy
Servings6
Ingredients
¾ cup water ¾ cup sugar Zest and juice (or juice and zest) each of the following: Two navel oranges Two limes One lemon Optional: Sprig of mint
Directions

  1. Make a simple syrup In a small pot put water, sugar, add zest from the fruit.
  2. Bring to a boil, then lower to simmer about 5 minutes.
  3. Let cool
  4. In a ½ gallon container add the juice, syrup and enough water to fill the container.
  5. Chill and enjoy.
  6. Add the mint (Optional)

*You can strain the pulp and/or zest from the citrus-ade

Photo by Susanne Jutzeler, suju-foto