Brown Sugar Cucumber Lemonade

Name: Brown Sugar Cucumber Lemonade
Ingredients: 4 cups Water (and Up To 6 Depending On Tastes), Divided Use; 1 cup Turbinado (or Regular Brown) Sugar; 1 whole Cucumber (very Large, Or 2-3 Medium); 1 cup Lemon Juice (freshly Squeezed Or Simply Lemon Bottled)

4 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

4 cups Water (and Up To 6 Depending On Tastes), Divided Use
1 cup Turbinado (or Regular Brown) Sugar
1 whole Cucumber (very Large, Or 2-3 Medium)
1 cup Lemon Juice (freshly Squeezed Or Simply Lemon Bottled)

Directions

1

Start by making a simple syrup. Combine 1 cup of the water with the 1 cup of turbinado or brown sugar. Heat in a small saucepan over medium heat just until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and let cool.
2

While the simple syrup is cooling, peel cucumber and chop. Place in a blender with 1 cup of lemon juice. Blend until completely smooth.
3

Strain cucumber mixture through a fine mesh sieve (or cheesecloth) into a bowl, making sure to press as much liquid out through the sieve as possible. (Alternately, you can use a large holed sieve if you don't mind a little pulp. You mainly just want to strain out the tougher seed pulp).
4

Mix cucumber juice with brown sugar syrup, and add remaining water (3-5 cups, depending on your tastes and preference for sweetness).
5

Chill and serve over ice. This makes approximately 1.5-2 quarts of lemonade.