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Swanky Caribbean Lemonade

Swanky Cayman Lemonade

 

I love going on vacations, who doesn’t?  But there is always so much to do when you get home!  Between work, laundry, grocery shopping, and everything else it takes a lot to get caught back up.  And it takes even longer when your 7 year old is home with you on summer break 🙂

Good thing I made this for you before I left!  This was the drink I promised you when I made the Caribbean Rice.  I made this for our last cooking club for the year, where we had an island theme.  When I found out the theme, I went straight to The Deep Dish.  She lives in Grand Cayman and is always posting such gorgeous food.  I chose this traditional Grand Cayman drink.  It is their version of lemonade.

swanky cayman lemonade in a cup

This went over extremely well at cooking club.  I was a little nervous, based on the color, but it is slightly sweet and tangy, and paired perfectly with everything we had there.  The recipe uses brown sugar instead of regular white sugar, so there is more depth to this.  Also, instead of lemons it uses limes.  I did a little research and it seems like different restaurants use slightly different citrus blends to come up with “their” version.  I planned on all limes, but they were tiny and didn’t produce as much juice, so I added in a little lemon and orange.  It was perfect!

Yield: 6

Swanky Caribbean Lemonade

swanky cayman lemonade in a cup

Grand Cayman's version of lemonade. It uses, limes, brown sugar and honey!

Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp honey
  • 1 cup lime juice, (I used about 3/4 cup lime, 1 lemon, and splash of orange juice)
  • 6 cups water
  • Rum, , optional

Instructions

  1. In a pitcher combine all of the ingredients.
  2. Stir well until the brown sugar is dissolved. Serve over ice.
  3. Store in the fridge.

Notes

Adapted from The Deep Dish

Nutrition Information

Yield

6

Serving Size

1

Amount Per Serving Calories 149Total Fat 0gSaturated Fat 0gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 0mgSodium 19mgCarbohydrates 35gFiber 0gSugar 32gProtein 0g

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Caymanian Wray o Sunshine

Thursday 21st of November 2013

I would add cover in fridge as it will get bitter being exposed to air. Our tradition recipe uses Seville Oranges. Haven't had it with honey or Orange before but strawberry syrup is nice also. Drinker of many glasses of swanky with my turtle dinner.

Nami | Just One Cookbook

Wednesday 13th of June 2012

I recently took cold drink pictures and it was so difficult to take pictures. You ALWAYS take great pictures of refreshing drinks! Delicious!

Patty

Wednesday 13th of June 2012

Sounds refreshing, love all the citrus you added to this pretty drink;-)

Lisa {AuthenticSuburbanGourmet}

Wednesday 13th of June 2012

What a perfect summer drink. I think I will try this with a bit of vodka. I also need to check out The Deep Dish. Thank you for sharing. Pinning now. :-)

Carolyn

Wednesday 13th of June 2012

I love The Deep Dish, so thanks for turning to her for help with this!

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