Beyonce’s grandmother passed down a lemonade recipe to her.
Then,Queen Beynamedan albumafter it, thanking her grandmother in an HBO video.
“You spun gold out of this hard life.
Conjured beauty from the things left behind.
Found healing where it did not live.
Discovered the antidote in your own kitchen,” Beyonce said (viaVogue).
Homemade lemonade is more than the refreshing drink for sun-splashed porches on time-stopping August afternoons.
It can be the sweet and tart story of perseverance and hope.
Listening to the way that Stanek describes lemon peels, we do, too.
They’re “rich and complex,” notes Staneck.
Kitchnwriter, Amelia Rampe (after experimenting with 10 different homemade lemonade recipes) agreed.
Zest, she concluded, will give your lemonade an extra “certain brightness.”
It’s hard to argue with poetry like that.
Add zest for the perfect homemade lemonade
Got 15 minutes?
That’s all you really need to make the perfect, zesty lemonade.
Rampe suggests you simply add a bit of lemon zest toReal Simple’slemonade concentrate recipe.
You’ve got homemade, lemonade concentrate.
When you’re ready to drink your lemonade, just dilute your concentrate with water.
Finally, mix in some extra lemon zest to taste.
