The recipe for homemade Duchess pear lemonade

Are you planning a children's party in honor of the birthday of a child or just a family holiday? In this case, the question arises sharply, what is tasty and at the same time useful to treat little guests? In this article we will try to answer it. Of course, the least dangerous are natural foods and drinks. Compote, fruit drink, boil? But this is the last century, and these drinks look sad on the festive table. Therefore, we propose to put on the table Duchesse lemonade, made by yourself. This drink is not only tasty and looks beautiful, but completely harmless for children with allergies to dyes and preservatives, which are increasingly common in modern realities.

History of Lemonade

This wonderful drink, so beloved by children and adults, was born in Paris. In those days, France was ruled by King Louis Bourbon, who was one of the first to taste this drink. Of course, the drink familiar to us differs about what was drunk at the court of the French crown. Then the lemonade was not carbonated and consisted of only three components: water, sugar and lemon juice.

In Russia, the appearance of lemonade is associated with the name of Peter the Great. And the appearance of gases in drinks is associated with the invention by Joseph Priestley in the 18th century of a saturator that saturates water with carbon dioxide.

Calorie Lemonade Duchess

Any lemonade is, first of all, a carbonated drink, which contains carbon dioxide in its composition, which creates bubbles that can be heard in the nose. In Soviet times, siphons or soda quenched with citric acid were used to create these same bubbles. However, soda spoiled the taste of the drink, so over time they began to use sparkling water with syrup.

It is worth noting that the calorie content of homemade Duchess pear lemonade is small. Only 24 kcal per 100 g of the drink, while 12 g are carbohydrates. To reduce the calorie content of the drink, you can use sugar substitutes or not sweeten it at all.

A simple recipe for lemonade

This is a fairly simple but very tasty recipe for Duchess pear lemonade. So, for its preparation you will need the following ingredients:

• 300 ml of pear juice;
• 50 ml of lemon juice;
• 100 g of sugar;
• 350 ml of sparkling water;
• a pack of vanillin.

Cooking method:

1. First of all, you need to boil the syrup. To do this, prepare the fruit. We sort and leave only whole fruits without damage. Pear cut into small pieces, squeezes the juice out of them.
2. Then we add sugar to a part of the juice and add a little vanilla, just to enhance the aroma.
3. We put the liquid on the fire and cook for several minutes.
4. As soon as the juice boils, mix it for 3 minutes and remove.
5. Cool the resulting syrup.
6. In the other part of the juice, which is not cooked, add the juice of one or two squeezed lemons.
7. Mix sparkling water, syrup and juice.

It is especially pleasant to drink this drink in a hot period of time with ice and an additional slice of lemon.

Cooking Natakhtari

In the previous recipe, we looked at the classic look of lemonade. However, today there are many versions of this invigorating drink among different peoples of the world. "Natakhtari" as one of them. This is the Georgian version of lemonade.

So, what is Georgia most famous for? Mineral natural springs, sea resorts, clean mountain air. It was in such a beautiful environment that this wonderful lemonade was born. It consists of natural fruits and mineral water from mountain sources. Such a drink is itself a cure. The elusive highlight in the recipe is the presence of mint. In addition, the drink in its composition strongly resembles the traditional version of Duchess pear lemonade.

Essential Ingredients:

• 1 kg of pear variety Duchess;
• 250 g of powdered sugar;
• 2 liters of mineral water;
• fresh mint leaves.

Cooking Algorithm:

1. You need to grind mint with powdered sugar into the pulp and boil boiling water in a thermos for an hour.
2. Then pear syrup is prepared with powdered sugar and water. This particular pear variety is recommended because it is distinguished by its special sweetness and juiciness. Make mashed fruit.
3. Mix the finished mass with strained infusion and powdered sugar. We get a ready concentrated infusion, very thick in consistency.
4. "Natakhtari" is prepared from pear concentrate and mineral water immediately before serving. For this, two thirds of the pear-mint mixture are diluted with mineral water. To do this, it is better to buy a good mineral water from Georgia.
5. For a large company, the drink is bred in a larger container immediately and always closed with a tight lid.

The drink is served chilled, previously decorated with sprigs of mint.

Italian lemonade

The Italians did not stand aside and created their own version of the pear drink. The Italian version of Duchess lemonade is prepared using exotic fruits such as grapefruit and mango. Thanks to these components, a drink with an unusual, tonic taste is obtained.

Required Products:

• 1 ripe grapefruit;
• 2 large pears;
• 1 small mango;
• a glass of raspberries;
• sugar syrup;
• lemon juice.

As in the previous recipe, first a concentrate of fruits and berries is prepared, which is diluted with highly carbonated water. It is customary to garnish this version of lemonade with fruit slices and whole raspberry berries.

Do-it-yourself lemonade, made by yourself, will be a great drink to quench your thirst in hot weather, as well as the main decoration on the table for both children and adults.