A great option for a healthy drink to quench your thirst is watermelon lemonade. It perfectly combines the sweetness of watermelon and lemon acid. If the watermelon is really ripe and tasty, sugar will not be needed at all, so even those who do not eat sugar and count calories can afford lemonade from watermelon.
Lemonade from watermelon
This drink is prepared in a few minutes, however, it may be necessary to wait a little to cool it.
Ingredients:
- watermelon - 2 kg;
- lemon - 2 pieces;
- honey acacia - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- mineral water - 0,6-0,8 l.
Preparation
The most laborious process is the preparation of watermelon. We will wash it well, dry it with a napkin and cut it into slices. Cut the flesh and cut into cubes, put in a blender. Whisk until the watermelon turns into a homogeneous mass. Filter it through a sieve or folded in 2 layers of gauze, put the juice again in a blender, add honey, mineral water. If there is no mineral water, you can use the usual filtered or cooled boiled water. Lemons are washed with warm water, dried and squeezed juice. Mix and chill all together. Or simply pour into glasses, placing in them a pair of ice cubes.
Lemonade with mint
Much more delicious home made watermelon lemonade, if you add a mint note. In addition to mint, you can use tarhun or lemon balm - it will also be very tasty.
Ingredients:
- mineral water without gas - 0,7 l;
- watermelon pulp without pits - 2 kg;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- lime - 1 piece;
- honey May - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- mint - 3 branches.
Preparation
After washing the watermelon, we cut it so that pieces of pulp without pits were obtained. Lemon and lime thoroughly with my warm water. Squeeze the juice. With the lemon take ΒΌ ts. Of a spoonful of peel. In the blender we place the watermelon flesh, lemon and lime juice, water, honey, zest and mint. Beat for a couple of minutes, leave to stand for about one and a half to two hours, then gently strain through a strainer.
Watermelon lemonade with oranges
If you add citrus, you will get even more delicious watermelon lemonade, the recipe of which is also quite simple.
Ingredients:
- watermelon - 4 kg;
- lemon - 2 pieces;
- orange - 4 pcs .;
- honey floral - 4-5 tbsp. spoons;
- carbonated water - 1.2 liters;
- mint - 3-4 branches.
Preparation
All mine and dried, from oranges and lemons squeeze the juice. In the blender we place the pulp of watermelon, honey, mint, juice and a little orange peel. We beat and insist about 3 hours. Filter lemonade, mixed with carbonated water. As you can see, making lemonade from watermelon is quite simple.