make red clover lemonade

Red clover flowers are a familiar site throughout urban and countryside areas. For a delicious taste of spring and summer, red clover flowers add colour and texture to seasonal salads and also make a delicately flavoured refreshing lemonade. This clover lemonade recipe can be amended to suit you, using red (purple) or white clover, still or sparkling spring water, and more or less sugar/honey/sweetener, to taste.

ingredients and method

a basket or bowl of red clover flowers
900ml - 1 litre of spring water
4 tablespoons of sugar or honey 
juice from 5 lemons

• Collect a large basket or bowl full of red clover flowers. Shake them to rid them of any insects or debris.
• Place the red clover flowers into a saucepan and pour in the spring water. ​​
  
• Simmer for 5-10 minutes, with the saucepan lid on, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat, add the sugar or honey, and stir until dissolved. 
• Leave to cool, and then strain through a fine sieve (a layer of kitchen towel may be added to the sieve to catch any small bits).
• Add the fresh lemon juice to the liquid, and chill.

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*This recipe is courtesy of New Life On a Homestead at www.newlifeonahomestead.com