State Fair Lemon Orange Shakeups Recipes

STATE FAIR LEMON-ORANGE SHAKEUPS

Steps:

• Use a 16-ounce (or larger) cocktail shaker to blend the shakeup. Squeeze the juice from both the lemon and the orange into the shaker. Add in the sugar.
• Add the ice cubes and the water, close the shaker and shake the mix.
• Serve in a tall glass and garnish with a couple of orange or lemon slices if desired.
• If you just want a lemon shakeup, simply use a whole lemon and omit the orange.

LEMON-ORANGE SHAKEUPS

Steps:

• In a 16-ounce shaker, squeeze juice from the lemon and orange halves. Add sugar.
• Add enough ice cubes to fill two-thirds full. Add water to cover ice.
• Cover and shake. Serve in a tall glass. Garnish with orange wedges or lemon slices, if you like. Makes 1 serving.

LEMON SHAKE UPS

Steps:

• Squeeze the juice (or use a hand juicer) from the lemon into a quart sized mason jar, a shaker, or anything else you can fill and cover tightly. It just needs to be at least 16 oz. Toss one half of the lemon in with the juice.
• Add the sugar
• Fill the jar/cup/shaker with 1 1/2- 2 cups of ice. Basically, you just want to fill it up to the top.
• Add enough water to cover the ice
• Cover and shake briskly, until the sugar is mostly dissolved. It will actually turn into this wonderful, sweet "sludge" at the bottom of the cup. Drink straight from your shaker or pour into a glass. Just make sure you get all the sweet goodness out of the cup!
• For a nice extra touch, serve in glasses with a sugared rim!

FAIR-STYLE LEMON SHAKE UPS

Steps:

• Bring the water and sugar to boil in a small saucepan. Boil for five minutes or until the sugar is completely dissolved.
• Juice 1 1/2 lemons, reserving the fourth lemon half.
• Stir the lemon juice into the sugar syrup; you will have about 1 cup.
• Chill the lemon syrup in the fridge.
• Blend the ice in a blender or food processor until it is crushed.
• Put half the crushed ice in a cocktail shaker, along with half the chilled lemon syrup (about 1/2 cup), along with 1/2 cup ice water. Shake vigorously for a couple minutes, then dump the whole mixture , including the ice,, into a tall glass.
• Repeat with the remaining ice, syrup, and ice water for the second shake up.
• Cut the remaining lemon half into four slices and add two slices to each glass. Sip and enjoy!

STATE FAIR LEMONADE

Steps:

• Wash lemons and peel off all the zest using a vegetable peeler. Set peeled lemons aside. Add the lemon zest to a bowl and cover with sugar. Toss to combine. Cover and let sit for a minimum of 2 hours, or up to overnight.
• Bring water to a boil in a pot over high heat; turn off heat and pour in the lemon-sugar mixture. Stir and let sit until the sugar is completely dissolved, about 5 minutes.
• Pour through a mesh strainer back into the same bowl and discard the zest. Let cool to room temperature, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Cut the lemons in half and squeeze into the bowl. Pour lemonade into a serving pitcher. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill thoroughly before serving over ice, at least 2 hours.