Sweet Cucumber Lime Mint Agua Fresca

Okay, I recognize this possibly appears a little weird, however believe me. It's good. Really good. Eye popping, wow, incredibly excellent. Especially on a scorchingly warm summertime day.
Agua frescas are rejuvenating fruit beverages they market all over Mexico, which you could discover in this country at nearly any taqueria. They're cooling down as well as pleasant and also are wonderful together with hot food.

This specific agua fresca is made with cucumbers, fresh limes, and mint. My good friend and neighborhood catering service Arturo Vargas made this for us recently, inspired by agua frescas he took pleasure in while trying to keep cool in the balmy Yucatan peninsula.

It's the cucumber juice base that appears to have the impact of lowering one's body temperature. (Gives new meaning to the expression "cool as a cucumber".) In any case, this is a beverage that I wouldn't have actually made but also for my friend who knew I would like it. And now I intend to drink all of it summer long, and also assume you will certainly too, once you've tried it.

Cucumber Lime Mint Agua Fresca Recipe

Prep time: 15 minutesYield: Makes concerning 1 quart

Ingredients

• 1 lb of cucumbers (regarding 2 good sized cucumbers), finishes trimmed, however peel still on, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup lime juice from fresh limes (from concerning 1 pound of limes, or 5 to 10 limes, depending on just how succulent they are).
• 1 1/4 mug jam-packed (spearmint) mint leaves (concerning a large handful), woody stems gotten rid of.
• 1/2 mug sugar.
• Roughly 1 1/4 mug of water.

Method.

Put ingredients in blender, add enough water to fill 3/4 of blender. Hold the lid on the blender and purée till smooth. Place a great net filter over a bowl and put the purée through it, pressing versus the filter with a rubber spatula or the back of a spoon to essence as much liquid out as possible.

Fill a large pitcher halfway with ice cubes. Add the juice. Serve with sprigs of mint and also slices of lime.

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