~116 cal · 1g protein · 31g carbs · 0g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Glass of frosty green mint lemonade
🇮🇱 Tel Aviv
Limonana — a playful mash-up of the Hebrew words for lemon and mint — is Israel's ubiquitous summer drink, invented for an ad campaign and adopted by the whole country. Fresh lemon juice and a fistful of mint are blended with ice into a frosty, bright-green slush sold at every Tel Aviv café and kiosk.
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🥚 Egg-Free
Ingredients
Serves 4 —
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4 lemons, juiced
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a large handful fresh mint
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1/2 cup sugar
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2 cups water
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4 cups ice
Instructions
1
Dissolve the sugar in the water to make a simple syrup (a quick warm-and-stir is fine), then cool.
2
Combine the lemon juice, syrup, mint, and a generous amount of ice in a blender.
3
Blend until frosty, bright green, and slushy.
4
Pour into glasses and serve immediately with a mint sprig.
Tel Aviv café tradition.
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🌏 While it simmers — know your destination
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Tel Aviv. A beachfront city that turned street food into an art.
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Israel. A Mediterranean crossroads of diaspora kitchens.
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Asia. From street-cart woks to slow monastery kitchens.
The story behind this dish is up top — worth a read while the pot works.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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