Amish Style Lemonade

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 10 lemons, well scrubbed
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 pinch salt (optional)
• 5 cups cold water

Recipe

• 1 cut lemons in half lengthwise and slice thinly, as if for garnish.
• 2 mash them with the sugar and salt in a large, deep bowl or crock with an old-fashioned potato masher or heavy wooden spoon until the slices give up their juice, the sugar is dissolved and the juice is syrupy, about 5 minutes.
• 3 pour about half the lemon slices into a sieve over a bowl or pot, pressing the solids to release as much liquid as possible.
• 4 discard the solids and transfer the liquid to a serving pitcher.
• 5 repeat the process with the remaining lemons.
• 6 stir in the water until blended.
• 7 add ice cubes or chill, stirring just before serving over ice.