Chapter XXII · Drinks and Refreshments · No. 2937
2937—Lemonade
Dissolve half-lb. of loaf-sugar in one quart of filtered water. Add the juice and the zests of the rinds of two lemons, and let infusion proceed in the cool for three hours. Pass the whole through a fine strainer; add one syphonful of seltzer water, and serve with a thin roundel of lemon in each glass.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 2937, p. 817. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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