What else could make the parching sun more bearable than an ice cold drink? Let’s see if aguas frescas can be our new favorite summer drink!
Aguas frescas is Mexican drink meaning cool water. It’s made by mixing fruit with water and of course sugar. Anything can be aquas frescas that can be processed into water. A popular variety is horchata which is made of rice in Mexico.
Jamaicans make it a bit more differently as they like to use hibiscus to make aguas frescas which is basically iced hibiscus flower tea. While fruit or vegetable aguas frescas need to be pureed and filtered if we don’t want bits floating around, hibiscus flower needs to be boiled and cooled.
Aguas frescas means cool water therefore basically anything could be aguas frescas as long as it made with water and it’s cooled down to celebrate summer be it in a coziness of our air-con or the weightlessness of our pool.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Fruit or various fruits
- Watermelon
- Strawberry (low carb)
- Raspberry (low carb)
- Blackberry (low carb)
- Peach
- Kiwi
- …
- 2 cups Water
- Sweetener to taste (optional)
How to make Aguas Frescas
- Peel and slice up the selected fruit. If it contains large seeds then take the seeds out too! Try to choose seasonal fruits as those always taste better apart from being better for the environment and according to some studies for us too.
- Add the fruit into a food processor. It may need a bit of water to start.
- Process the fruits.
- Some people like it with the pulp others like to filter it out. Use a sieve to remove the bits.
- Add water to the juice and our very homemade aguas frescas is ready. Traditional recipes can’t resist to add sugar to it but those who are on a low carb diet or living sugar free for a while probably are more then happy with the natural sweetness of the fruit.
- Fill the Aguas frescas into a jar or bottle and keep it in the fridge until serving. Don’t forget the ice!
Enjoy!
Aguas Frescas Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Fruit or various fruits
- Watermelon
- Strawberry low carb
- Raspberry low carb
- Blackberry low carb
- Peach
- Kiwi
- …
- 2 cups Water
- Sweetener to taste optional
Instructions
- Peel and slice up the selected fruit. If it contains large seeds then take the seeds out too! Try to choose seasonal fruits as those always taste better apart from being better for the environment and according to some studies for us too.
- Add the fruit into a food processor. It may need a bit of water to start.
- Process the fruits.
- Some people like it with the pulp others like to filter it out. Use a sieve to remove the bits.
- Add water to the juice and our very homemade aguas frescas is ready. Traditional recipes can’t resist to add sugar to it but those who are on a low carb diet or living sugar free for a while probably are more then happy with the natural sweetness of the fruit.
- Fill the Aguas frescas into a jar or bottle and keep it in the fridge until serving. Don’t forget the ice!
Notes
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