Homemade & Well made
At U-Mix we endeavour to make as many of our ingredients as possible from scratch. Homemade fresh ingredients will always taste better than pre-packaged products . Below we will go through some of the methods and recipes we use for making these products.
Starting with, simple/sugar syrup
Probably the easiest ingredient to make yourself, and by far the most cost effective.
Simply mix sugar and hot water at a ration of 2:1 in a pan on a medium heat until dissolved. Once your satisfied with its consistency bottle it and leave to cool. Once bottled it will keep for a good few weeks at least. The ratio of 2:1 is purely a guideline if you feel it needs to be thicker then add more. Bare in mind that as it cools the syrup will become more viscous.
Flavoured Syrups
The method of making flavoured syrups depends on the flavours you wish to acheive for example to make vanilla syrup you can use vanilla sugar (which unless made from scratch can be expensive) or cook vanilla pods in warm water then strain off and follow the above reciepe. Flavoured teas make fantastic syrups simply add several tea bags to your hot water until strong enough then strain off and add your sugar. Bare in mind this style of syrup won't last quiet as long.
Homemade lemonade
You will need;
1 cup sugar (can reduce to 3/4 cup)
1 cup water (for the simple syrup)
1 cup lemon juice
3 to 4 cups cold water (to dilute)
Method;
Make simple syrup using the water and sugar
While the sugar is dissolving, use a juicer to extract the juice from 4 to 6 lemons, enough for one cup of juice.
Add the juice and the sugar water to a pitcher.
Add 3 to 4 cups of cold water, more or less to the desired strength.
Refrigerate 30 to 40 minutes.
If the lemonade is a little sweet for your taste, add a little more straight lemon juice to it.
Serve with ice, sliced lemons
Whatever flavours you would like to try, have fun be creative!
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