Portuguese Lemonade

15m
Prep Time
0m
Cook Time
15m
Ready In


"A spicy sparkling lemonade. You can make this an adult beverage by substituting white Vinho Verde (a young semi-sparkling wine from Portugal) for the carbonated seltzer. CAUTION: Bird's eye chiles are very hot."

Original is 6 servings

Nutritional

  • Serving Size: 1 (495.7 g)
  • Calories 253.5
  • Total Fat - 0.9 g
  • Saturated Fat - 0.1 g
  • Cholesterol - 0 mg
  • Sodium - 16.2 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate - 71.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber - 7.4 g
  • Sugars - 53.9 g
  • Protein - 3.4 g
  • Calcium - 76.3 mg
  • Iron - 2 mg
  • Vitamin C - 167.3 mg
  • Thiamin - 0.1 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Place the pepper in a 1 1/2 liter pitcher and crush with a pestle.

Step 2

Juice 6 of the lemons and pour the juice into the pitcher.

Step 3

Warm the honey slightly in a microwave and add to the juice, stirring well.

Step 4

Add the cilantro and lemon slices.

Step 5

Just before serving, add seltzer to pitcher and stir lightly.

Step 6

Serve over ice.

Tips


No special items needed.

1 Reviews

ForeverMama

Thoroughly enjoyable and refreshing! Next time I have a dinner party this will be on the menu. I used vinho verde sparkling wine, Pavao brand which is my favorite that I normally buy at a local Portuguese market for $4.44 a bottle. It's the best priced wine with excellent flavor. (Other places will charge more). I didn't use the meyer lemons because they're not in season, rather I used regular lemons. I can only imagine how much better it would be with the meyers. I'm trying it with seltzer next time to see how it comes out. Thank you Mikekey for sharing a keeper. Made it for FTT.

5.0

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(15 Sep 2016)

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