Best Fresh Lemon Syrup Recipes

FRESH FRUIT WITH LEMON VERBENA SIMPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• Simple syrup: combine the water and sugar in a small pan and bring to the boil.
• Boil mixture until it is reduced by half.
• Stir in the lemon verbena leaves. Set aside to allow verbena leaves to infuse and the mixture to cool completely.
• Salad: Prep the fruit and arrange on a large shallow platter.
• Once the simple syrup is cool, use a fine mesh strainer and drizzle the syrup all over the fruit.
• *Garnish fruit with a few fresh lemon verbena leaves. Or cover and chill until ready to serve.
• *Tip: fresh lemon verbena leaves wilt quickly. Garnish the fruit platter with freshly cut lemon verbena leaves [just] before serving.
• Yield is estimated.

FRESH LEMON CUPCAKES WITH LEMON SYRUP

Steps:

• To prepare oven, pan:.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray cups of 12 cup standard sized cupcake pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• To make batter:.
• Using a mixer, combine butter, sugar and lemon zest. Beat at medium speed for 5 minutes or until mixture is very light, pale and fluffy, stopping 2 or 3 times to scrape bowl. Into another bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside. One at a time, beat eggs into butter mixture until fully incorporated, stopping after each addition to scrape bowl. Beating continuously, add 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Beat until fully incorporated. On low speed, alternately beat in buttermilk and sifted flour mixture in 3 batches until fully incorporated.
• To bake cupcakes:.
• Spoon batter into muffin cups. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until deep golden brown and slightly firm to light touch. Insert toothpick into center of cupcake and comes out clean. Note: rotate pan 180 degress halfway through cooking.
• To make lemon syrup:.
• Put sugar and lemon juice in nonreactive saucepan. Stirring frequently, cook over med-high heat until sugar dissloves completely and mixture comes to a boil. Immediately reduce heat. Simmer briskly, stirring occasionally, until mixture has thickened to syrupy but still pourable consistency.
• To brush on lemon syrup:.
• Remove cupcakes from oven. Place on wire rack. Using thin skewer, poke holes all over hot cupcakes. Generously and repeatedly brush lemon syrup over cupcakes until they have soaked up as much syrup as possible. (Note: Any leftover syrup can be refrigerated and used to sweeten other desserts or iced tea.).
• To serve:.
• Serve cupcakes warm or at room temperature.

FRESH LEMON SYRUP

Steps:

• Cut each lemon into a few chunks and toss with sugar in a large glass, ceramic, or stainless steel mixing bowl. Cover tightly and let stand at room temperature, stirring once every 45 minutes or so, until sugar has completely dissolved, about 3 hours (or up to 12 if timing is an issue).
• Using a cheesecloth-lined or fine-mesh stainless steel strainer set over a nonreactive bowl, strain syrup. Working in batches, transfer rinds to a stainless steel potato ricer and squeeze to release any extra syrup, allowing it to pass through strainer into bowl; discard rinds. Refrigerate syrup for up to 3 months in a glass bottle or pint jar.