Blood Orange Lemonade (winter lemonade with spice honey syrup)
This naturally sweetened blood orange lemonade tastes as good as it looks. Fresh blood orange juice is mixed with a warmly spiced homemade honey syrup for a refreshing drink that will delight your tastebuds. It's simple to make and ready in just 15 minutes!
Ingredients
Spiced Honey Syrup
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup honey
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 4 slices fresh ginger
- 4 green cardamom pods, crushed so that they're slightly open
Blood Orange Lemonade
- ¾ cup blood orange juice
- ¾ cup lemon juice
- 4 cups water
- Blood orange slices, lemon slices, and cinnamon sticks, to garnish
Instructions
- Add the water, honey, cinnamon stick, ginger, and cardamom pods to a small pot and bring it to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer for 5 minutes. Let the syrup cool for 5 minutes then strain it through a fine-mesh sieve.1 cup water, ½ cup honey, 1 cinnamon stick, 4 slices fresh ginger, 4 green cardamom pods
- Add the honey syrup, blood orange juice, lemon juice, and water to a large pitcher and stir well.¾ cup blood orange juice, ¾ cup lemon juice, 4 cups water
- When you're ready to serve it, add ice and slices of blood oranges and lemon to the pitcher. Pour it into tall glasses and garnish it with a cinnamon stick.Blood orange slices, lemon slices, and cinnamon sticks
Notes
If you don't have all the spices, you can either omit them or use the ones that you have.
Serving: 1 glass, Calories: 83kcal, Carbohydrates: 22g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 1g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 9mg, Potassium: 93mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 20g, Vitamin A: 49IU, Vitamin C: 21mg, Calcium: 16mg, Iron: 1mg