Watermelon Lemonade
Everyone knows #GeorgiaGrown watermelon is delicious when eaten right off the rind, but what about ice cold watermelon lemondae on a hot day?
Ingredients:
- 3 cups diced watermelon, in half-inch pieces.
- ½ cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice, from 3-4 lemons
- ¼ cup of sugar
- ¼ cup of water
- 1 cup of ice cubes
Directions:
Place watermelon in a blender and puree until smooth. Let puree settle for about 5 minutes until the pulp rises to the top and the clearer juice remains at the bottom. Pour through a fine-mesh strainer, and rub with a spoon to extract juice from the pulp, leaving about 2 teaspoons of pulp behind.
Place ¼ cup sugar and ¼ cup water in a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. When sugar is completely dissolved, turn off the heat. Add sugar syrup, lemon juice, and 1 cup ice to strained watermelon puree, and stir to melt ice. Taste and check for the balance of lemon juice to sugar, and adjust if necessary.
For minty watermelon lemonade, rub 2 sprigs of mint in between your palms until bruised and very fragrant. Add to lemonade.
