Delicious and fragrant watermelon lemonade

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

In the summer you want to drink something refreshing, tasty, and most importantly, he althy, so that the drink is made only from natural ingredients. Watermelon lemonade, the recipe of which we will consider, is easy to prepare. You will definitely have only good impressions from such a drink.

What do you need to cook?

Watermelon Lemonade is just an escape from the heat. This drink is made exclusively from natural ingredients.

Ingredients you will need (you will end up with 2.5 liters of lemonade):

• one kilogram of juicy ripe watermelon;
• three to four whole lemons (medium size) or limes;
• 150 grams of mint (we will use separately for mint ice and separately for lemonade);
• 150-200 grams of sugar (you can use liquid honey, it's even tastier);
• cold water (you can take carbonated water, it also works well);
• ice;
• five or six strawberries (optional and to taste).

Step one: ice

Before making homemade watermelon lemonade, let's make mint ice. Take ice molds, finely chop the mint, if the leaves are small, then you can put them whole in molds. Of course, it is better if the latter are rubber, since ice is pulled out of them better. You can also cut fruit, such as strawberries, but this is optional. Next, fill everything with water from above and send it to the freezer for a couple of hours.

Step two: extract the pulp

While the mint-strawberry ice reaches the desired state in the freezer, we need to extract the pulp from the berry. To do this, cut the watermelon in half. Then we separate the pulp from the peel. Next, mode it into slices, and then into squares. After that, we extract all the bones from them. Throw it all into a blender and beat well until smooth.

If there is no blender, then you can use a mixer or just crush the pulp with something, such as a crush or just a wooden spoon. After that, you need to skip the watermelon juice through a fine sieve. This is necessary in order to obtain a homogeneous mass. If you do not strain the pulp, then the consistency of our lemonade will be similar to a smoothie, but this already depends on your preference.

Step three: add lemon

For the next step, we will need five or six medium-sized lemons. So, first we rub the zest of all citrus fruits with a special grater. Then add to watermelon juice. We leave lemons without zest, later we will squeeze them through a juicer. Beforehow to do this, you should clean the citrus fruits from all the seeds (they are clearly not needed in the drink). Add freshly squeezed lemon juice to watermelon lemonade. After we have mixed these two components, you can beat the drink again with a blender. Then you can move on to the next step.

Step four: sweet treat

Next we need to prepare the sugar syrup. How to do it? To do this, take five to six tablespoons of sugar, fill it with water and put it on the stove for about four to five minutes until the liquid boils. After that, we send the syrup to the refrigerator. When it cools down, you can add watermelon juice to it. You can also replace the syrup with sugar or honey (also to taste).

Step five: mix

If you haven't forgotten, mint-strawberry ice is freezing in the freezer. It's time to get him. Add watermelon juice of your choice to Strawberry Mint Ice. After that, we need to dilute it with cold water. You can take slightly carbonated water or even a Sprite drink. This will definitely not spoil your watermelon lemonade! We add as much water as the juice itself. Although, of course, it is better that the last component is more than water.

Step six: decoration

Here you have homemade watermelon lemonade almost ready. The last thing left is the decoration of the drink. After all, the very first impression of it depends on the appearance of the cocktail, as well as the appetite with which you and your guests will be.drink it. We will decorate this wonderful summer and refreshing watermelon lemonade with lemon slices and mint. Let's start with the glass. First, let's cut off a slice of lemon, make a small incision on it and draw this slice along the edges of the glass. After that, we need to pour a little bit of sugar into a flat plate. Then dip the edges of the glass into it. Next, carefully pour the watermelon lemonade and decorate it with mint on top. Thanks to the smeared edges, when you drink a fragrant drink, you will still feel a slight aftertaste of lemon with sugar.

This will give the watermelon lemonade the right flavor. It will not be too sugary, but it will not turn out to be sour either. That's all, now you can safely serve it to the table, delight your guests with delicious and fragrant watermelon lemonade.

Small conclusion

Now you know how to make a delicious cold drink from a large berry. It is prepared quite simply, so anyone should cope without problems. Good luck!