Portions: 6 glasses Calories: 132kcal |
This watermelon drink recipe is a refreshing, exciting, flavorful, sparkling pomegranate and watermelon juice limeade, the perfect summer drink for kids and a fancy alcohol-free cocktail for grownups too. Say hello to your new favorite on a hot day, and one of my favorite watermelon drink recipes!
By - Last revised . Original Sep 8, 2014.
Why I ❤️ it Recipe Ingredients Video Preparation
Watermelon drink recipe
Why I ❤️ it
I am always looking for new and great ways to cool down, and this pomegranate and watermelon mocktail recipe benefits from being a great combination of fruits that nearly everyone likes and makes a delightful summer beverage.
You'll also love to hear that this lovely drink is a quick and easy recipe, and I have included easy instructions to make it even faster if you are short on time. There's so much to love about the flavor combination in this fabulous summer treat.
Watermelon drink recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 medium watermelon, diced: about 6 cups of diced watermelon, plus some watermelon wedges to garnish. You can use ½ quart of watermelon juice if you don't have fresh watermelon.
- 2 pomegranates, rind removed, and seeds separated: about 1½ cup of pomegranate seeds, you can also use 1 cup of pomegranate juice if you don't have fresh pomegranates.
- 1 cup of lime juice, you'll need 4-5 limes, depending on their size.
- ½ cup sugar (white, granulated).
- 3 cups of crushed ice or ice cubes.
- ½ quart [½ liter] of carbonated water or club soda.
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Preparation
Before starting, please make sure you have all the ingredients and utensils ready.
Step 1: Blend the fruits
Pour watermelon and pomegranate into the blender vase. Blend to crush the pomegranate seeds.
Strain into a large pitcher, pressing with a spoon to squeeze as much liquid as possible. Discard the solids.
Step 2: Combining juices
Mix the watermelon/pomegranate juice with the lime juice and add sugar (or sweetener) to taste.
Step 3: Pouring
Pour equal portions of the juice mixture into 6 highball glasses.
Add equal amounts of ice.
Step 4: Serving
Pour equal amounts of carbonated water into each glass and serve immediately (before the water goes completely flat).
Garnish with watermelon wedges.
Top tips
- It's OK that once you add the sparkling water, it is less sweet than you originally intended. It's not supposed to be very sweet. Let the sparkling water, well, sparkle, but if you feel like it may need some extra sugar, go ahead and add more to taste.
- Make this up to 4 hours ahead of your guests arriving, and keep chilled, but only add the carbonated water when it's time to serve, so it doesn't get flat.
- You can use simple syrup instead of sugar. For a lighter drink, use agave nectar, or an equivalent amount of sweetener of your choice.
Variations
You can leave out the pomegranate juice if you are not a fan, and just add an equivalent amount of extra watermelon juice, and some extra lime juice if you find you need it (it'll depend on the level of acidity you prefer).
To make a watermelon lemonade, simply use lemon juice instead of lime juice. Orange juice also works great in this drink.
If you want to turn this from a watermelon mocktail to a cocktail (no judging), stir in ½ cup of vodka, tequila, or white rum (they all worked great), right before adding the ice and serving.
Serving suggestions
You can also garnish it with lemon wedges, or add some pomegranate seeds to it for extra fanciness.
To fancify your watermelon cocktail, even more, you can also decorate it with lime slices, and even add frozen watermelon cubes to it.
Nutritional information
Calories: 132kcal - Carbohydrates: 34g - Protein: 1g - Fat: 1g - Saturated Fat: 1g - Sodium: 19mg - Potassium: 250mg - Fiber: 1g - Sugar: 29g - Vitamin A: 885IU - Vitamin C: 25.8mg - Calcium: 20mg - Iron: 0.5mg
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Preguntas frecuentes
How do you say la sandía / el melón
"La sandía is" "the watermelon" in English, "el melón" is "the melon".
How many calories in watermelon?
This is the nutritional content of watermelon: Watermelon fruit contains around 90% water, 6% sugars, 100 grams contains 60 calories (source).
How to pick a watermelon
To pick a good watermelon, check that the skin is an even color, with a smooth texture; if you tap it, it should sound a bit hollow, and there should not be any soft parts, or indent if you pressure it.
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Limeade Watermelon Drink Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 medium watermelon diced. about 6 cups of diced watermelon, plus some watermelon wedges to garnish. You can use ½ quart of watermelon juice if you don't have fresh watermelon.
- 2 pomegranate rind removed, and seeds separated: about 1½ cup of pomegranate seeds, you can also use 1 cup of pomegranate juice if you don't have fresh pomegranates.
- 1 cup of lime juice you'll need 4-5 limes, depending on their size.
- ½ cup sugar (white, granulated) (white, granulated)
- 3 cups of crushed ice or ice cubes
- ½ quart of carbonated water [½ lt] or Club soda
Instructions
Step 1: Blend the fruits
- Pour watermelon and pomegranate into the blender vase. Blend to crush the pomegranate seeds.Strain into a large pitcher, pressing with a spoon to squeeze as much liquid as possible. Discard the solids.
Step 2: Combining juices
- Mix the watermelon/pomegranate juice with the lime juice and add sugar (or sweetener) to taste.
Step 3: Pouring
- Pour equal portions of the juice mixture into 6 highball glasses.Add equal amounts of ice.
Step 4: Serving
- Pour equal amounts of carbonated water into each glass and serve immediately (before the water goes completely flat).Garnish with the watermelon wedges.
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By , published Sep 8, 2014 on Tia Clara
This looks delicious! and such a pretty colour
Muy rica, le eché un poquito de vodka y fue fantastica.
This looks delicious- a great way to finish off the season with some delicious watermelon! I definitely feel the same way during the summer- just don't feel like making anything labor intensive or anything that takes and time and effort to make. I can't wait for fall too!
These photos are so gorgeous! I'll be making this with the solitary watermelon I have left in the garden. Beautiful!
I love this! I'm always looking for ways to flavor my carbonated water. I have the SodaStream seltzer maker at home, and I don't like artificial sodas, but I love things like this - drinks with real fruit juices in them. Thanks for this recipe 🙂