Portuguese Lemonade

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 red bird's eye chili (peri peri pepper)
• 7 meyer lemons (one of them sliced)
• 1 cup honey (orange blossom is good)
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, minced
• 1 liter seltzer water, well chilled (or sparkling water, unflavored)

Recipe

• 1 place the pepper in a 1 1/2 liter pitcher and crush with a pestle.
• 2 juice 6 of the lemons and pour the juice into the pitcher.
• 3 warm the honey slightly in a microwave and add to the juice, stirring well.
• 4 add the cilantro and lemon slices.
• 5 just before serving, add seltzer to pitcher and stir lightly.
• 6 serve over ice.