Cooking, Recipes, Wine............ and Ethical Foie Gras - At Last!

Everyone asks for this recipe at one time or another. In summer it's the most refreshing drink available. "The only way to drink water," according to Dimitri... And in mid-winter when you have a cold, mixed with hot water and honey (and possibly some brandy) it's soothing and energy-giving.

Ingredients:

• 2 lemons, peeled and juiced
• 2 oz citric acid
• 3 lb sugar
• 3 pints of water

Peel the lemons using a potato peeler so that you obtain thin slices of rind without any pith.

Squeeze the 2 lemons.

Bring water to the boil in a large saucepan and stir in all the ingredients. Stir frequently to avoid the sugar sticking to the pan. When the mix returns to the boil, keep it boiling for 2 minutes and then remove from the heat and cover until it is cool.

Pour into bottles when it's cold.

The concentrate can be kept for quite a while - keep it in the fridge if the weather's really hot; this delays the onset of a harmless precipitate in the bottle.