Cucumber Lemonade Recipe
This refreshing summer cucumber lemonade is made with just 4 ingredients and is ready in under 30 minutes! It's sweetened with an easy-to-make mint simple syrup and flavored with fresh cucumber juice
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 159kcal
Ingredients
Mint Simple Syrup
- 200 g sugar 1 cup
- 236 g water 1 cup
- 3 sprigs fresh mint
Cucumber Juice
- 225 g cucumber 8 oz., 1/2 lb, about 2 medium cucumbers
Lemonade
- 1/3 cup lemon juice freshly squeezed
- 1/3 cup cucumber juice
- 1 cup mint simple syrup
- 4 cups water
Garnish
- 1 whole lemon sliced
- 1 whole cucumber sliced, small cucumber
- 2 sprigs fresh mint
Instructions
Mint Simple Syrup
- Bring mint sprigs, sugar and water to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Turn off heat and stir to dissolve sugar.
- Cover the saucepan and let the syrup steep for at least 10 minutes.
- Remove the mint sprigs and store the syrup in a glass jar or bottle in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Cucumber Juice
- Grate the whole cucumbers on a box grater.
- Squeeze the grated cucumber through fine mesh cheesecloth or a nut milk bag into a bowl. Discard the cucumber pulp.
Lemonade
- Add lemon juice, cucumber juice, mint simple syrup and water to a pitcher and stir to combine. Taste and adjust the level of lemon juice or sweetness to your liking.
- Add lemon slices, cucumber slices and mint leaves for garnish.
- Serve the cucumber lemonade over ice.
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Notes
- Store cucumber lemonade in the refrigerator and use within 3 days.
- Store mint simple syrup in the refrigerator and use within 2 weeks.
- Add gin, vodka, tequila, rum or bourbon to make cocktails.
- Add sparkling water to make sparkling cucumber lemonade or mocktails.
Nutrition
Serving: 8oz. | Calories: 159kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 0.3g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 42mg | Potassium: 106mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 42g | Vitamin A: 63IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 2mg