Watermelon Lemonade, this wonderfully colored beverage will elevate your neighborhood get-together or increase the popularity of your child’s lemonade stand.
Best tip is to give the watermelon a taste first. If you find the watermelon to be very sweet, reduce the amount of sugar.
Watermelon Lemonade is a perfect beverage to pair with very spicy food like Indian and Mexican food. When you are eating an authentic curry or a spicy mole, serve this version of Watermelon Lemonade and enjoy!
Watermelon Lemonade
Ingredients
- 1/2 medium-size watermelon or enough to make 4 cups watermelon juice
- 4-5 large lemons or enough to make 1 cup lemon juice
- 1 – 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 4-6 cups water or sparkling water
- fresh mint
Instructions
- Scoop watermelon into a blender or food processor.
- Process until liquid.
- Strain watermelon through a mesh strainer, reserving 4 cups of watermelon juice and discarding the watermelon flesh.
- Pour the watermelon juice into a pitcher. Set aside.
- Juice the lemons to equal 1 cup (use more if you prefer it really tart. I used 4 large lemons and got 1 cup of lemon juice)
- Strain the lemon juice and add it to the pitcher.
- Add in water.
- Stir in sugar to sweeten to desired taste.
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