Sparkling Lemonade
- 1 cup sugar, plus more if desired
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 cups fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp. champagne yeast
- Bring 1 cup water to a boil in small saucepan.
- Remove from heat.
- Add sugar and salt, and stir to dissolve both.
- Cool, then stir in lemon juice.
- Pour juice mixture into clean 2-liter soda bottle using funnel.
- Top off bottle with water, leaving at least 1 inch headspace.
- Taste, and add more sugar if desired.
- (Extra sugar will dissolve on its own.)
- Add yeast to juice mixture.
- Screw on cap, and shake bottle to dissolve and distribute yeast.
- Let bottle sit at room temperature away from sunlight 5 to 7 days, or until lemonade is carbonated.
- Check bottle periodically; lemonade is ready when bottle feels rock-solid with very little give.
- Refrigerate overnight, or up to two weeks.
- Open bottle very slowly over sink to release pressure gradually and avoid bubble-ups.
- Store in refrigerator.
sugar, salt, lemon juice, champagne yeast
Taken from www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/sparkling-lemonade/ (may not work)