Watermelon Lemonade Cooler Recipes

Steps:

• Place the watermelon into a blender. Cover, and puree until smooth. Strain through a fine mesh sieve.
• Bring sugar and 1/2 cup water to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in 3 cups of cold water and the lemon juice. Divide the ice into 12 glasses, and scoop 2 to 3 tablespoons of watermelon puree over the ice, then top with the lemonade. Gently stir before serving.

Steps:

• Place watermelon, lemon juice, ginger juice, sugar, salt, and black pepper in a blender; blend until smooth. Pour mixture through a fine mesh strainer to strain the pulp from the juice.
• Pour juice back into the blender; add cold water and ice and blend. Pour lemonade into glasses and stir gently; garnish with mint leaves.

Steps:

• Place watermelon in a blender or food processor.
• Cover and blend on medium speed until smooth.
• Place lemonade concentrate and water in a large pitcher or punch bowl.
• Add watermelon.
• Mix well.
• Garnish with additional watermelon if desired.

Steps:

• Combine 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water in a medium saucepan and cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves, about 4 minutes. Add the jalapeno and thyme and let it infuse for 5 minutes. Remove the jalapeno and thyme and set aside.
• Pour the simple syrup and chopped watermelon into a blender. Blend until very smooth, about 2 minutes. Serve cold over ice and garnish with the sugary sprigs of thyme.

Steps:

• In batches, combine 12 cups water, the lemon juice, sugar, jalapeno, watermelon and mint, if using, in a blender. Blend to a puree.
• Allow the puree to steep for 10 minutes before straining it through a fine mesh sieve. Chill well.
• Serve chilled, with ice and a lemon slice floating at the top.

Steps:

• In blender, place watermelon. Cover; blend on medium speed about 45 seconds or until smooth. Strain through fine mesh strainer into 2-quart or larger pitcher.
• Squeeze juice from lemons and limes; add to watermelon puree. Stir in cold water and sugar. Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Stir before serving. Serve over ice. Garnish with watermelon slice.

Steps:

• Cut the top off the watermelon and hollow it out using a large spoon, fishing out any pips along the way. Mash the flesh through a sieve into a bowl. Put the flesh in a blender (or use a tall jug and hand blender) with the lemon juice and sugar, whizz to a purée, then stir in the soda.
• Heap some ice into the hollowed-out watermelon and fill it with the lemonade mixture. Serve the rest in a jug with the lime slices and mint. Have a bowl of extra crushed ice on the side so people can help themselves.

Steps:

• Squeeze lemons into a large pitcher; add squeezed lemon quarters. Add mint and sugar; mash with a wooden spoon until mint is bruised and sugar is dissolved.
• In a blender, puree watermelon in batches until smooth; pour through a fine-mesh sieve into pitcher (you should have about 8 cups of juice). Stir to combine. (Refrigerate, covered, up to 3 days.) Add vodka, if using; serve over ice.

Steps:

• In a blender, combine all ingredients; cover and process until smooth. Pour into chilled glasses; serve immediately.

Steps:

• Blend all ingredients in blender on high speed until smooth.
• Serve immediately.

Steps:

• In blender, combine half of the watermelon, strawberries, and lemonade concentrate. Cover and blend until smooth. Move to a serving container. Repeat with remaining. Add water; chill up to 2 days.
• Serve over ice with watermelon wedges and strawberries.
• Makes 12 servings.
• Make-Ahead.
• Make up to 2 days ahead; cover and refrigerate. To serve, stir and add berries and watermelon wedges.

Steps:

• Set a large fine-mesh sieve over a large bowl or pitcher. In a food processor or blender, puree watermelon. Pour watermelon puree through sieve, pressing on solids with a rubber spatula (you should have about 2 cups juice). Puree English cucumber and pour through sieve into watermelon juice.
• In a small bowl or measuring cup, stir together lime juice and honey. Add to watermelon and cucumber juices, along with vodka. Adjust sweetness with more honey if desired. To serve, fill four glasses with ice and top each with cocktail. Garnish with cucumber slices.