Secret Ingredients
- 10 cups water
- 2 1/4 cups sugar
- 17 sprigs fresh tarragon
- 6 cups fresh lemon juice
- 12 thin lemon slices (to garnish)
- Salt
- Ice
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Directions
- In a medium saucepan, combine 4 cups of water with the sugar and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
- Simmer over moderately high heat until reduced to 3 1/4 cups, about 25 minutes. Remove from the heat and add 5 of the tarragon sprigs.
- Let stand, stirring often, until cooled to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Discard the tarragon sprigs.
- In a large glass pitcher, combine the remaining 6 cups of water with the tarragon syrup and fresh lemon juice.
- Add a pinch of salt, stirring until it dissolves.
- Serve the tarragon lemonade over ice, garnished with the lemon slices and the remaining 12 tarragon sprigs.
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