A Days Outing
Watermelon Agua Fresca Blending
We took a fabulous vacation last November back to Costa Rica. I loved all of the fresh fruit juices that were everywhere to drink. They were very light and not nearly as sickly sweet as most of the juices we have here. One of my favorites was watermelon agua fresca. As summer rolled around, I started to look for recipes. I blended a few recipes I found and here's and easy way to make my new favorite summertime drink. You can adapt this many ways, the key is to infuse the water with fruit essence without turning it into a smoothie or slushy drink. My husband (who doesn't like to see anything go to waste) came up with the fruit leather recipe below while thinking about ways we could use all of the pulp from the making the drink.
Watermelon Agua Fresca
1 Seedless Watermelon
2 Cups of Good Quality Limeade (I like Newman's Own)
4 Cups of Water
Cut the watermelon flesh from the rind. In a blender, process half the watermelon pieces until smooth. Pour through a strainer into a pitcher. Repeat the process with the remaining melon. Set the strained pulp aside and below there is a recipe for a quick and easy homemade fruit leather. Add juice to a large pitcher, combine with water and limeade. You can add more limeade or water to taste. Without the limeade in this, the juice has a salty taste to me.
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Watermelon Agua Fresca Blending
We took a fabulous vacation last November back to Costa Rica. I loved all of the fresh fruit juices that were everywhere to drink. They were very light and not nearly as sickly sweet as most of the juices we have here. One of my favorites was watermelon agua fresca. As summer rolled around, I started to look for recipes. I blended a few recipes I found and here's and easy way to make my new favorite summertime drink. You can adapt this many ways, the key is to infuse the water with fruit essence without turning it into a smoothie or slushy drink. My husband (who doesn't like to see anything go to waste) came up with the fruit leather recipe below while thinking about ways we could use all of the pulp from the making the drink.
Watermelon Agua Fresca
1 Seedless Watermelon
2 Cups of Good Quality Limeade (I like Newman's Own)
4 Cups of Water
Cut the watermelon flesh from the rind. In a blender, process half the watermelon pieces until smooth. Pour through a strainer into a pitcher. Repeat the process with the remaining melon. Set the strained pulp aside and below there is a recipe for a quick and easy homemade fruit leather. Add juice to a large pitcher, combine with water and limeade. You can add more limeade or water to taste. Without the limeade in this, the juice has a salty taste to me.
more at...http://adaysouting.com/blog/