Classic Lemonade Recipe

J. Kenji López-Alt
Classic Lemonade Recipe

[Photograph: Dave Katz]

Perfect homemade lemonade with balanced sweetness and acidity.

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  • Yield:makes 1 quart, serving 4 to 6
  • Active time: 15 minutes
  • Total time:15 minutes
  • Rated: 5

Ingredients

  • 1 cup fresh juice from 10 to 12 lemons
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • Pinch salt
  • 3 cups cold water
  • 1 quart ice

Directions

  1. 1.

    Combine lemon juice and sugar and whisk or blend until sugar is completely dissolved. Add salt and water and stir to combine. Pour into a pitcher with ice. Serve in ice-filled glasses.

Chief Culinary Advisor

J. Kenji López-Alt is the Chief Culinary Advisor of Serious Eats, and author of the James Beard Award-nominated column The Food Lab, where he unravels the science of home cooking. A restaurant-trained chef and former Editor at Cook's Illustrated magazine, his first book, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science is a New York Times Best-Seller, the recipient of a James Beard Award, and was named Cookbook of the Year in 2015 by the International Association of Culinary Professionals.

He's currently raising a daughter by day, writing his second book by night (Now with 10% more science!), and is working on Wursthall, a beer hall in downtown San Mateo which will be open by the end of 2017.

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