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Vodka-Thyme Lemonade

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Martha Stewart Living, July 2003
  • Yield Serves 8
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 12 sprigs fresh thyme, plus more for garnish
  • 4 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice, about 24 lemons
  • 2 cups vodka

Directions

  1. In a small saucepan, combine 2 cups water with the sugar and thyme; bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat; let cool to room temperature.
  2. Pour mixture through a fine sieve into a large glass measuring cup; discard thyme. You should have 2 cups syrup. Cover with plastic; chill.
  3. In a large serving pitcher, stir together lemon juice, vodka, and chilled syrup; garnish with thyme. Divide evenly among eight tumblers filled with ice; serve immediately.

Recipe Reviews

  • Joevans
    4 Aug, 2010

    It would only work if you heat up the lemonade. The Thyme needs to steep to get the flavour.

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  • cupcake11
    3 Jul, 2010

    What if you already have some lemonade made? Do you think just adding some thyme in the jar and letting it sit overnight would work?

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