Thursday, 12 September 2013

WATERMELON AGUA FRESCA

This light-bodied and refreshing drink is a perfect thirst quencher on hot summer days, it's a cooling summer drink and a nice alternative to iced tea and other drinks. Feel free to experiment with other fruits such as melon, mango e.t.c.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 seedless watermelon
  • 2 cups cold water
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup water

How to prepare:
-Start by scooping out the flesh from the half watermelon, make sure to go all the way to the rind but scoop only the red or pink part.

-Transfer watermelon flesh into a blender add 2 cups of cold water, place lid on and blend until liquefied (about a minute).

-Strain through a fine mesh strainer into a large bowl to remove fibres and discard fibres left in strainer. Leaving you with smooth watermelon juice (at this point you can scoop out excess foam from juice if desired).

-Make a simple syrup by placing sugar and water in a saucepan over medium low heat, until water heats up and sugar dissolves completely. Immediately sugar dissolves, remove from fire and  Leave to cool completely.

-Depending on how sweet the watermelon is and personal preference add appropriate quantity of simple syrup.

-Pour drink into a pitcher and refrigerate until cold (at least 30 mins).

-To serve fill a tall glass with ice cubes and pour agua fresca over ice, serve with straws and enjoy


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