Brazilian Lemonade/ Limonada
Creamy, refreshing, tart and oh so easy, this is the easiest lemonade recipe around. Literally takes five minutes to make with only 2 ingredients-Limes and condensed milk.
Equipment
- 1 blender
- 1 chopping board
- 1 Knife
- 1 sieve
- 1 bowl
Ingredients
- 4 limes washed
- 4 cups water 1000 ml/ 1 liter
- 6 tbsp condensed milk 7 oz/ 1/2 can/ 200 gms
- 3 scoops crushed/cubed ice
- lime slices for garnishing
- margarita salt for rimming the glasses
Instructions
- Scrub and rinse limes well. Roll them slightly with your palms to release juice.
- Remove the ends and cut each lime into 8 pieces
- In a blender, add the lime pieces and top with water
- Blend the lime and water mixture in short bursts or use the pulse mode. We dont want to pulverize the limes as that will blend the white pith as well, making it bitter.
- Place the sieve over the glass bowl and strain the water from the limes. Use the back of the spoon to push the liquid from the sieve. Discard the remaining lime solids.
- Put the strained lime juice back into the blender, add condensed milk, and ice and blend till everything blends well
- Pour into salt rimmed glasses, top with sliced limes and serve immediately
Notes
Choose ripe limes with thin skin and rub them gently with your palm on the counter to release the juices. Its important to just pulse the lime and water mixture. Since we are blending limes with skin, pith, seeds and all, we don't want to pulverize the limes. Instead just pulse, to get the tart flavor. I didn't add any sugar, I recommend adding more condensed milk, if you like it sweeter, it will make the lemonade more creamy and frothy. I did try the lemonade the next day and it had not turned bitter. I also liked the taste of the margarita salt on the rim, sweet, salty and tart, sort of like a margarita. You can blend the lime and condensed milk mixture and pour into a pitcher and add the ice to individual glasses before serving.
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