Portuguese Lemonade
Recipe: #11231
November 18, 2013
Categories: Beverages, Non-Alcoholic, Lemon, Portuguese, Fat Free Gluten-Free, Kosher, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, Vegetarian, more
"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."
Ingredients
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.