The other day a craving for something sweet, cold, and bubbly snuck up on me. I don’t care for pop and wasn’t in the mood for an unscheduled grocery-store run through 100-degree heat. But…last summer I froze a bunch of juice from the backyard Meyer lemon tree, in quarter-cup size chunks made in a muffin tin. Here’s the result:
Fizzy Meyer Lemonade
You need:
• about 1/4 cup lemon juice (no need to defrost, if frozen)
• about 1/4 to 1/2 cup orange juice
• about 1/3 cup sugar
• can of club soda or seltzer water
• ice cubes
Put the juice and sugar in a blender and whirl on “high” until well blended. Pour about half of the resulting mixture over ice cubes in a tall glass. Top with fizzy water and stir gently to mix. Makes two or three servings.
I’ve not tried this, but you may be able to substitute lemonade concentrate for the juice and sugar in this recipe. In that case, try leaving out the sugar, since concentrates are very sweet to start with. If this works, then probably about any frozen juice concentrate would be good: you could make your own orange, pineapple, apple, or cranberry juice pop.
What a clever idea! Yum!
This sounds really refreshing. I love the frozen lemonade that Dunkin Donuts sells but it doesn’t fizz and it’s probably loaded with sugar. I think I’ll try this instead.
@ Traci: Well, this stuff has plenty of sugar, too: 1/6 of a cup per tall glassful. But at least you know how much it contains, and you have the choice of using less or more, as you prefer.
I have done “almost” the same thing. We too have a Meyer Lemon Tree and last ear I juiced most of the lemons. I froze the juice in ice cube trays, I had 6 trays of frozen juice! Talk about being spoiled! lol I just ran out last month. I had not thought of adding seltzer water to the lemonade, what a GREAT idea! I’ll remember to do that this time round.
Thank you!