Portuguese Lemonade

5 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 red bird's eye chili (peri peri pepper)
  • 7 meyer lemons (one of them sliced)
  • 1 cup honey (orange blossom is good)
  • 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, minced
  • 1 liter seltzer water, well chilled (or sparkling water, unflavored)

Directions

  1. 1
    Place the pepper in a 1 1/2 liter pitcher and crush with a pestle.
  2. 2
    Juice 6 of the lemons and pour the juice into the pitcher.
  3. 3
    Warm the honey slightly in a microwave and add to the juice, stirring well.
  4. 4
    Add the cilantro and lemon slices.
  5. 5
    Just before serving, add seltzer to pitcher and stir lightly.
  6. 6
    Serve over ice.

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