Spiced lemonade (Shallot Day, 8t of Harvest, Year 231)

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So I made spiced lemonade this weekend. I think it's going to be my new go-to for summer parties

Ingredients
1 cup of water
1 cup of sugar
1/2 tsp of whole cloves
1 small piece of stick cinnamon (about 1-2 inch long)
1 small piece of lemon peel or the zest of 2 lemons
4 lemons, juiced (or 3/4 to 1 cup of lemon juice, depending on how tart you like your lemonade)

1. Put the sugar, water, cloves, cinnamon, and lemon peel/zest in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil and keep going until the sugar dissolves and forms a thick syrup


2. Turn heat down slightly and add lemon juice. Keep on heat for 2-5 minutes


3. Take syrup off heat and allow to cool.


4. Strain syrup


5. Mix lemonade in the proportion of 2 Tbsp of lemon syrup to 8 oz of water (or ginger ale, if you want it sweeter).


6. Serve over ice