Really easy lemonade

Just made this with my hand held whizzy gadget thing, used 4 small lemons & followed the instructions (it really does help) I don’t understand the bad reviews, maybe bad/waxed lemons who knows? It tastes great, very unusual that my whole family likes it.

I had just made a recipe that called for the zest of 1 and a half lemons. I usually juice any leftovers and pop in the freezer for another time, but fancied doing something different, so came to bbcgoodfood to see what I could do instead, and came across this recipe. I'm very glad I read a few reviews first, and decided to try it as suggested and remove the pith and pips. I did half the number of lemons, 50g of sugar and 250ml of water, whizzed it all up and sieved it. I was going to add more water as per the recipe, but when I tasted it after whizzing I thought my family would prefer it as it was. I will make this again as it's deliciously refreshing. Next time I'll try adding only 150ml water to whizz, then top up 150ml sparkling, as it was a little too sweet for me but my children loved it! So quick and easy, so much better than bought lemonade. Well worth 5mins of your time. I would imagine that if you did leave the pith and peel on it would be quite bitter. I'll also experiment with zesting lemons, then removing pith and pips like today, then adding zest back in before whizzing and see how that makes it taste. Everyone's tastes are different, so I think its worth playing around with the basic recipe to find what works best for you.

My boys made this delicious drink during lockdown. We ensured most of the pips were removed.

I tried this today, with a fraction of the sugar recommended, and still very yummy!

Watered it down more to my taste - beautiful xxx

The recipe as it is can't be anything else as bitter. This is because you leave the peel and the skin on. I took it off, first the peel cause i blend that so I've Lemon peel for Cakes, Salades and whenever you need it in the kitchen, then i took the skin off as far as i could. After that i did the lemons, 500 ml water and 100 gram of sugar in the blender, mixed it well, sieved it well. That gives you about 900 ml juice. I did 300 ml in a bottle, topped it up with water. So I've now 3 Liter of Lemon Lemonade in the fridge. If you really want it sweeter, use the 140 g. sugar. For me it works very well with 100 g. So because the Recipe explanation is not good in my opinion a 4* Cheers!

Would rate this less if I could! It is so so bitter and no amount of sugar could get rid of that! Will not be trying again

i love this drink one of best l_l

I can't understand all the positive ratings for this recipe. Blending the pith creates a horrible bitter banknote, that doesn't disappear by adding sugar. None of my guests liked this. I went against my better judgement because of all the good reviews but now I don't trust any of you to know what good lemonade tastes like!