Watermelon Lemonade
This watermelon lemonade recipe is a summer must-have! You're going to love the refreshing flavors on a hot summer day.
Servings 10 servings
Calories 117kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups watermelon juice from about 1 pound fresh watermelon
- 5 cups water divided
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 ½ cups lemon juice from about 10 lemons
Instructions
- If using fresh watermelon, slice it into cubes and place them in a blender. Pulse until smooth. Strain out the solids with a fine-mesh strainer. Use a spatula to push the liquid through the mesh. Repeat the straining process to remove even more sediment.
- Then, make a simple syrup on the stove with which to sweeten the lemonade. Heat 1 cup water and sugar on the stove over medium heat. Stir until sugar dissolves, then remove from heat and let cool slightly.
- Combine the lemon juice, simple syrup and watermelon juice in a pitcher. Top with remaining 5 cups cold water. Refrigerate until ready to drink.
Notes
I juiced a 2 pound watermelon: It made 4 cups of juice.
Tips
- Use the juice from fresh lemons. When making lemonade, where lemon juice is the star, it makes a big difference in flavor.
- Be sure to use room-temperature citrus. Refrigerated lemons will not juice as well as ones that have been warmed up.You can microwave them briefly for about 10 seconds to get a to warm them up or just leave them out for an hour or two before you plan to juice them.
- Sweeten it to taste, add a little bit of syrup and add more as desired.
- Settling is normal. Stir or shake the lemonade up if you notice some watermelon pulp has sunk to the bottom.
Nutrition
Serving: 8ounces | Calories: 117kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 0.4g | Saturated Fat: 0.05g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Sodium: 9mg | Potassium: 183mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 197IU | Vitamin C: 60mg | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 1mg
