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Limonana (Mint Lemonade)

Middle Eastern · 10 min · Easy · 4 glasses

Limonana (Mint Lemonade)

Lemon juice and a whole bunch of mint blitzed with ice into a pale-green frozen slush. The drink of every Levantine summer street.

~100 cal per serving — Calories are approximate, per serving — a guide only.

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Method

  1. 1

    Make the lemon base

    Stir the lemon juice, the sugar and a pinch of salt together in a bowl with the cold water until the sugar has completely dissolved.

  2. 2

    Blitz with mint and ice

    ⏱ 1 min

    Tip the lemon base into a blender with the mint leaves and a big handful of ice. Blitz hard until it is a pale-green slush with no visible mint fragments.

  3. 3

    Serve immediately

    Pour into glasses and drink straight away, while it is still frozen and foaming. It separates within minutes, which is why nobody makes this in advance.

Notes

Use the leaves only — mint stalks are bitter and blend into a gray, grassy note that dominates. The salt is not optional; it stops the sugar reading as flat. If it separates before you get to the table, blitz it again for five seconds.

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