Cucumber-lime lemonade with lemongrass

Cucumber-lime lemonade with notes of lemongrass will surely quench your thirst in hot summer weather

Ingredients

• 180 g sugar
• 4 medium cucumbers
• 2 stalks of lemongrass
• juice of 4 limes
• ice and fresh mint for serving

Directions

1. Step 1
2. Heat sugar in a saucepan with 500 ml of drinking water and, stirring, let it dissolve. Cool it down.
3. Step 2
4. Coarsely chop the cucumbers and 8-10 cm of the bottom of the lemongrass stalks. Grind them with a blender, adding lime juice and syrup.
5. Step 3
6. Strain the resulting mass through a fine sieve, squeezing out with a spoon.
7. Step 4
8. Pour lemonade into a pitcher, add ice and mint leaves. Serve