Sweet-and-sour mix

Makes About 350 ml (1½ cups)Time 5 minutes, with simple syrup madeKeeps About 10 days in the fridge

• 175 ml (¾ cup) simple syrup (1:1 sugar and water)
• 175 ml (¾ cup) fresh lemon juice, strained

How to make it

1. 1Measure equal amounts of simple syrup and lemon juice into a bottle.
2. 2Shake to combine and refrigerate. Shake again before using.

Williams Sonoma’s sweet-and-sour mix uses lemon and lime juice and less syrup (3 fl oz each juice to 2 fl oz syrup), and says it keeps about 10 days.

Recipe: DrinkBoy (Robert Hess): Sour Mix: How to Wield That Hammer · Checked against: Williams Sonoma: Making Simple Syrup and Sweet-and-Sour Mix

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