Old-fashioned Lemon Verbena Lemonade Syrup

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 300 ml water
• 150 g sugar
• 2 large lemons, zest of
• 10 -12 lemon verbena leaves, slightly crushed in a mortar and pestle
• lemon verbena leaf, to garnish

Recipe

• 1 make the syrup by heating together the water, lemon zest and the sugar. bring to a boil, take off the heat and allow to infuse until cold. bring back to a boil and immediately add the lemon verbena leaves. take off the heat and allow to infuse until cold.
• 2 strain the syrup in to a bottle or jar in the fridge until needed. discard the lemon verbena leaves.
• 3 to make lemonade: pour some syrup into a glass and add water to taste. serve with ice and garnish with a lemon verbena leaf and a lemon slice.