Aquafresca with watermelon and raspberries

Cooking time:

10 minutes

Active time:

10 minutes

Complexity:

Easy

Aquafresca (from Spanish aqua fresca) literally translates as "fresh water." It is a soft drink made from fruits, berries, vegetables and water. That is, in fact, watermelon lemonade. We suggest preparing watermelon aquafresque with raspberries, lime and mint - it is ideal for summer and watermelon season.

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Recipe "Aquafresca with watermelon and raspberries"

Ingredients for 6 servings

watermelon red (flesh without crusts )

1 kg

raspberry

10-15 berries

mint

a couple of sprigs or to taste

lime

1 pc.

water

150 ml

sugar brown

for decorating

Step 1/6

Put some sugar on a flat plate. Moisten the edges of the glasses with water or lime juice and dip in the granulated sugar to make sugar rims.

Step 2/6

To prepare this drink, you can use a regular red watermelon or take one in which there are few seeds - for example, "Black Prince" or red watermelon "Dragon Egg."

Cut the watermelon flesh into large pieces, having previously cut off the crusts. Put some of the flesh into a jug of blender, pour in the water and chop. Water can be used non-carbonated or with gas.

Step 3/6

Strain the resulting mixture through a sieve to remove the stones.

Step 4/6

Put the remaining watermelon pulp in a blender, add mint leaves, raspberries, grind. Strain through a sieve, if necessary.

Step 5/6

Mix watermelon crushed with water and watermelon crushed with raspberries and mint, add lime juice to taste, mix.

Step 6/6

Carefully pour into glasses with sugar rims and serve cooled aquafresc. This drink can be served with ice or even immediately add ice to the blender when crushed.

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