We don’t wanna be seasonists, however Spring is secretly our favourite season right here at Jungalow. The flowers are in full bloom, the times are longer, and we get to dine al fresco once more. We not too long ago had a picnic within the park just some blocks from our studio (even our intern, Dolly Parton Doodle, joined us!) We loved our lunch whereas Dolly loved operating circles round us! It was fairly good.
Should you’re planning a picnic or an al fresco banquet along with your homies, we’ve bought a brilliant yummy (and straightforward) recipe for a aromatic watermelon aqua fresca – with a twist! Normally, one of these aqua fresca is made with watermelon, water, and sugar however you understand we love mixing issues up ’spherical right here, so we thought we’d convey some Moroccan vibes to this historically Mexican beverage. We substituted common water for rosewater, minimize out the sugar all collectively, and threw in some recent mint leaves.
Okay, need to know tips on how to get this goodness into your stomach? Right here’s what you’ll want:
Elements
- Seedless watermelon
- Rosewater
- One bunch of recent mint
- Ice
- Blender (we used our mini Vitamix)
Let’s get began! Dice up your watermelon and fill the blender as much as its most capability line. When you have a bunch of watermelon cubes left over after you fill the blender up, you possibly can mix the primary batch of cubes for a number of seconds to open up some more room after which throw within the the rest of the cubed watermelon. Subsequent, hand tear 8-10 mint leaves (in the event you love mint, you possibly can undoubtedly add extra!) into the blender.
Add one teaspoon of rosewater to the mint and watermelon in your blender. One teaspoon could not sound like quite a bit, nevertheless it goes a great distance! Rosewater has a perfume-like high quality so an excessive amount of of it could possibly overwhelm your tastebuds. Begin out with one teaspoon and, if after you’ve style examined it, you’d like extra, you possibly can all the time add one other teaspoon.
Throw in a number of ice cubes to maintain the combination cool and recent. Okay, now you’re able to mix all of it collectively on the best setting.
We discovered that one blender made sufficient fresca for two – 3 folks. However if you’d like extra servings, simply repeat the identical steps. And that’s it! Now you’ve got a brilliant yummy, aromatic, cool drink that you would be able to garnish with some recent mint or a tiny slice of watermelon on the glass rim, and share with all of the homies! Add a splash of vodka or tequila if you wish to make this an grownup drink.
One other good thing about this refreshing rosewater watermelon agua fresca? It’s the proper match for our Botanicals on Blush kitchen towel. You simply can’t get any cuter!