Old-Fashioned Lemon Verbena Lemonade Syrup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

300 ml water
150 g sugar
2 large lemons, zest of
10 -12 lemon verbena leaves, slightly crushed in a mortar and pestle
lemon verbena leaf, to garnish

Preparation

Make the syrup by heating together the water, lemon zest and the sugar. Bring to a boil, take off the heat and allow to infuse until cold. Bring back to a boil and immediately add the lemon verbena leaves. Take off the heat and allow to infuse until cold.
Strain the syrup in to a bottle or jar in the fridge until needed. Discard the lemon verbena leaves.
To make Lemonade: Pour some syrup into a glass and add water to taste. Serve with ice and garnish with a lemon verbena leaf and a lemon slice.