Dougherty Family Recipe Box

Category: Drinks

  • Lemonade Syrup

    Ingredients

    • 6 lemons juiced
    • 3 lemons zested
    • 10 cups white sugar
    • 4 tablespoons citric acid
    • 2 tablespoons tartaric acid
    • 1 tablespoon epsom salts
    • 8 cups boiling water

    Method

    1. Mix together everything except the water in a large stock pot.
    2. Pour in boiling water.
    3. Stir until the sugar dissolves.
    4. Pour into sterile canning jars, close jars.
    5. Keep jars of syrup in the fridge.

    Serving

    • Mix syrup together with cold water to taste (about 1:6). Add ice.

    Source

    Barkley family recipe.

  • Slush

    This recipe should be made a week ahead as it takes a few days to freeze properly.

    Ingredients

    • 8 cups water
    • 1 (46 ounce) can pineapple juice
    • 3 cans 7-Up
    • 3 cups white sugar
    • 1/3 cup lemon juice
    • 3 bananas well mashed
    • 2 (0.2 ounce) packages cherry Kool-Aid mix
    • 1 (0.2 ounce) package orange Kool-Aid mix

    Method

    1. Mix together all ingredients in a large pail with a tight fitting lid, remembering to leave room for the liquid to expand as it freezes.
    2. Cover pail and put in freezer.
    3. Take pail out and stir well every few hours until a slush forms, this can take several days.

    Serving

    • Scoop frozen slush into glasses and serve with a spoon (kids) or an ounce of vodka (adults).

    Source

    Barkley family recipe.