Fresh Limeade

Ingredients

⅔ cup caster sugar
1½ cups water
5 kaffir lime leaves, torn
2 limes, sliced, plus 4 extra, juiced
⅔ cup lemon juice
2 cups crushed ice, to serve
2 x 1.25-litre bottles chilled soda water

Method

1 – Place sugar and the water in a small saucepan; cook and stir over low heat for 2 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Add lime leaves to sugar syrup. Simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.

2 –Add sliced lime, lime juice and lemon juice to syrup. Transfer to a large jug. Chill for 2 hours.

3- Top lime mixture with crushed ice and soda water to serve.