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Agua Fresca · Watermelon

Watermelon Agua Fresca

Ripe watermelon blended with cold water, fresh lime and a little sugar, then strained and poured over ice. The easiest summer cooler, ready in ten minutes.

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Prep
10 min
Total
10 min
Serves
6 · about 2 quarts
Level
Easy

Ingredients

  • 8 cups watermelon, seedless, cubed, about half of a small melon
  • 2 cups cold water
  • ¼ cup lime juice, about 2 limes
  • 2–4 tbsp sugar, or to taste
  • ice, for serving
  • 6 sprigs fresh mint, for garnish (optional)

Steps

  1. Blend the watermelon, water, lime juice and 2 tablespoons sugar until completely smooth, in two batches if your blender is small.
  2. Pour through a fine-mesh strainer into a pitcher, pressing with a spoon, and throw away the pulp.
  3. Taste and stir in more sugar or lime if it needs it; sweetness depends on the melon.
  4. Pour over ice and garnish with mint.

Tip: Skip straining if you like it thicker, more like a smoothie.

Tip: Try the same method with cantaloupe, pineapple or strawberries.

Storage: Refrigerate in a covered pitcher up to 2 days. Stir before pouring; it separates as it sits.

Estimated nutrition per serving: 90 calories · protein 1 g · carbohydrates 22 g · fiber <1 g · sugars 19 g · fat 0 g (saturated 0 g) · sodium 5 mg. Estimate from USDA FoodData Central; not medical or dietary advice. Based on 4 of 4 ingredients.