Everyone should have a couple of watermelons at home when the fruit is in season. When someone visits, cutting up a watermelon and quickly throwing a wonderful, refreshing drink or snack together can impress and delight them. Check out the list of ten amazingly delicious watermelon recipes.
Table of contents:
- Watermelon sorbet
- Watermelon mint salad
- Watermelon iced tea
- Minty watermelon slices
- Melon mozzarella salad
- Watermelon cooler
- Watermelon jelly
- Watermelon agua frescas
- Frozen watermelon margarita
- Watermelon mojitos
1. Watermelon sorbet
Cut up watermelon into chunks and toss together with a cup of sugar and a pinch of salt. Let the sweetened watermelon stand for a half-hour.
Then, throw it in a blender together with tomato juice and blend until smooth. Add a little lemon juice, stir thoroughly and freeze. Ball up the frozen mixture with an ice cream scoop and serve in a glass bowl.
2. Watermelon mint salad
Cube 2 pounds of watermelon and place on a plate. Sprinkle shredded mint leaves, finely chopped onion, salt, and black pepper on the pieces. This salad goes well with grilled kebabs.
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3. Watermelon iced tea
Boil 8 cups of water and pour in a pitcher. Steep 8 teabags in the water. Once the teabags are spent, discard them and let the hot tea in the pitcher cool.
After a while, it should be ready to chill in the refrigerator. Right before you serve the iced tea, add a few chunks of watermelon to each glass, together with ice and basil.
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4. Minty watermelon slices
Take a large knife to a watermelon and make two-inch slices. Quarter each slice into 4 wedges and array on a plate. Garnish these wedges with chopped mint leaves, lime zest, and sugar. Dribble lime juice on the wedges and serve.
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5. Melon mozzarella salad
You’ll need 3 types of melon: cantaloupe, watermelon, and honeydew melon. Cube enough to fill 3 cups each and place in a large bowl. Sprinkle chopped basil, 2 tablespoons of honey, jalapeno, salt, and crumbled mozzarella over the fruit pieces. Toss well and serve.
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6. Watermelon cooler
You’ll need chilled seedless watermelon, limeade concentrate, fresh lime juice, ice, and vodka. Throw these ingredients in a blender and purée until you have a smooth mixture. You may need to add water.
Pour into tall glasses, mix in a touch of vodka and serve. Watermelon doesn’t keep well at all once it’s turned into pulp. You need to make sure to serve this drink no more than a couple of minutes after you make it.
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7. Watermelon jelly
Purée enough watermelon to make 3 cups of strained, pulp-free watermelon juice. Sprinkle three packets of unflavored gelatin (a packet usually contains ¼ oz. ) in a glass. As you let the gelatin get to work, pour the other two cups of watermelon juice in a saucepan, mix in ½ cup of sugar, and warm over low heat until the sugar dissolves.
Add in the gelatin mixture and ¼ cup of lemon juice before you turn off the heat. Pour into a dish and leave it in the refrigerator overnight. By morning, you should have a sparkling, wobbly, and fun jelly to serve.
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8. Watermelon agua frescas
Agua frescas are a simple fruit drink – they have fruit, water, and lime. Sometimes, you add a little vodka or other alcoholic beverage for some kick. The secret to great watermelon agua frescas is to use the ripest watermelon that you can find. Once you have it, you simply need to run it in the blender with ice, add agave nectar, and 2 teaspoons of lime juice.
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9. Frozen watermelon margarita
Purée watermelon with a hand blender and add in lime, tequila, sugar, salt, and lime zest. Place the mixture in a pan and set in the freezer. When it’s frozen solid a couple of hours later, place scoops of it in a glass and serve as a refreshing slush.
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10. Watermelon mojitos
Get a tall glass, fill it with lime juice, and mix in 2 teaspoons of sugar. Throw in ice, two chunks of watermelon, a few mint leaves, and white rum. Fill the rest of the glass with ginger ale.
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Even the simplest watermelon recipes delight and refresh – just on the strength of watermelon that they contain. The very sight of the fruit usually cheers people up. Try a different refreshing idea each day.