On a recent visit to Port Stanley, on the shores of Lake Erie, we lunched at Mackie's. This beachside take-out restaurant has been serving up summer food since 1911. It is one of the original fast food restaurants. I remember the orangeade from my childhood. My mother remembers it from her younger days, as well.
As we enjoyed our cold glasses of orangeade, my mother recalled watching them make the orangeade at Mackie's when she was young. They threw whole oranges into the juicing machine. This got me to thinking that the missing ingredient from my previous attempts at making orangeade was the flavor of the peels. Here is my new recipe for orangeade. I hope that you enjoy it.
Orangeade
Ingredients:
zest of one orange (or less, depending on personal preference)
1/2 to 3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
3 cups water
Directions:
1. In a saucepan mix the sugar and orange zest into 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil and let boil for about half a minute. Strain zest out of syrup through cheesecloth in a sieve. Chill sugar and water syrup.
2. Juice the
oranges to make 3/4 cup of orange juice.
3. In a
pitcher, combine the chilled sugar syrup, the orange juice and the three cups
of water. Chill and serve over ice.
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