Spiked Lemonade Sweet Tea

Name: Spiked Lemonade Sweet Tea
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 237 milliliters loosely packed fresh mint leaves; 340 grams 1/2 frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed; 237 milliliters bourbon or spiced dark rum; 118 milliliters sugar; 2 family-size tea bags; 710 milliliters water; 946 milliliters cold water; 1 slice Garnishes: fresh sugarcane, fresh pineapple

Spiked Lemonade Sweet Te A mixture of water, garnishes: sugarcane, water, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Bring 3 cups water to a boil in a 2-qt. saucepan.

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Water

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat, add tea bags, and stir in fresh mint. Cover and steep 10 minutes.

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Fresh Mint

Tea Bag

Discard tea bags and mint. Stir in sugar until dissolved.

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Tea Bag

Sugar

Mint

Pour tea into a 3-qt. container, and stir in 4 cups cold water and lemonade concentrate. Stir in bourbon or spiced dark rum just before serving.

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Lemonade Concentrate

Dark Rum

Bourbon

Water

Tea

Serve over ice.

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Ice

Garnish, if desired.

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Servings:

237milliliters

loosely packed fresh mint leaves 340grams

1/2 frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed 237milliliters

bourbon or spiced dark rum 118milliliters

sugar 2

family-size tea bags 710milliliters

water 946milliliters

cold water 1slice

Garnishes: fresh sugarcane, fresh pineapple

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are great choices for Southern. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Forge Cellars Classique Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 21 dollars per bottle.