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Ade: Luscious Limeade

Source of Recipe


From "Porch Parties" by Denise Gee



List of Ingredients



• 7½ cups sugar
  
• 1½ cups water
  
• 1 Tbsp lime zest (from about 2 limes)
  
• 1½ cups fresh lime juice (from about 14 limes)
  
• Garnish: lime wedges, slices, or rind curls (optional)
  






Instructions



1. Boil ½ cup of the water in a medium saucepan. Add the sugar and lime zest, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and stir in the lime juice. Let cool.
   
   
2. Pour the lime syrup into a pitcher and add the remaining 7 cups water. Refrigerate until very cold.
   
   
3. Pour into tall cocktail glasses filled with ice.
   Garnish, if desired.