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Lemon Simple Syrup Recipe

Name: Lemon Simple Syrup Recipe
Yield: 25
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; 1 cup water; juice and zest from one lemon

March 6, 2014

Jess Novak

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A sweet-and-sour component of our Savannah Smiletini recipe, this lemon simple syrup would be wonderful in a peach iced tea or lemon drop cocktail.

Servings

Calories Per Serving

Ingredients

1 Cup sugar
1 Cup water
Juice and zest from one lemon

Directions

Heat all ingredients in a medium, heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium to medium-high heat for about 10 minutes. Allow to simmer. Filter out the lemon pulp and zest through a very fine sieve, then cool and star in a glass mason jar in the fridge. This should last for up to a month.

Nutritional Facts

Servings25

Calories Per Serving32

Sugar8gN/A

Carbs8g3%

Vitamin C1mg2%

Calcium1mg0.1%

Folate (food)0.3µgN/A

Folate equivalent (total)0.3µg0.1%

Magnesium0.3mg0.1%

Phosphorus0.4mg0.1%

Potassium3mgN/A

Sodium0.5mgN/A

Sugars, added8gN/A