“When life gives you lemon make a Batrouni Lemonade!” This is my saying for summer days when I need a refreshing drink.
A typical choice during hot days is a Soda or an energy drink. Being a fruity/smoothie person I tend to avoid such drinks by making a healthier alternative: a freshly squeezed Lemonade and more specifically my mum’s Batrouni Lemonade.

Batroun is a coastal village in Lebanon known for its beach, fish and lemonade!
You can’t pass by Batroun without trying the traditional lemonade!
Fortunately I can have mine whenever and wherever I am thanks to my mum’s recipe!

Don’t you love the smell of lemons!?

Ingredients:
1kg Lemon
200g Sugar (normal powder)
30ml Blossom Water
1L Water

1. Cut Lemons’ top and bottom. Then cut them in halves and put them in a bucket.
2. Add sugar and blossom water to the lemons
3. Refrigerate overnight or max 24h
4. Squeeze the soaked lemons
5. Add the water and the remaining sugar-blossom water syrup (marination) to the lemon juice and keep refrigerated
6. Serve with ice

This Lemonade can be refrigerated for up to one week in a glass jar!

Enjoy 🙂