Limonada de rosas (Roses lemonade)
Sep 18th, 2008 by Diego
This is an old, old recipe. A lot of years ago, this was an obliged drink every August 30th - the Santa Rosa de Lima feast. People used to peregrinate to her home town, Quives -now known as Santa Rosa de Quives-, and the lemonade was prepared with blessed roses after the Mass. With this recipe you’ll get enough roses lemonade for 4 people (and yes, it’s a bad photoshop work 
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Ingredients:
- 1 dozen of roses (only the petals)
- 1 liter of boiling water
- Juice of 4 limes
- Sugar, to one’s taste
- 1 drop of essence of roses (optional)
Preparation:
Wash, very softly, the petals. Put them in a bowl. Pour immediately the boiling water and cover. Let it settle for an hour, as an infusion.
Filter the water and add the lime juice and the sugar. Pour a drop of essence if you want a stronger rose taste.
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This is a good source for my spanish project from what I see. The only thing I was skeptical about was I wasn’t sure if the Roses Lemonade was alcoholic because it looked it, but didn’t say that it was. You just might want to add that.
~Thank you,
Natalie:)
Natalie,
No, the roses limonade is not alcoholic. Thank you!