Watermelon Lemonade Recipes

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:

• In a food processor, puree the watermelon until very smooth.
• Set a mesh strainer over a bowl and pour the pureed watermelon through it.
• Stir the pulp to let as much liquid as possible drain into the bowl.
• Discard the pulp.
• Pour the watermelon juice into a large pitcher and add the lemon zest.
• Set aside.
• In small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice and honey until honey dissolves.
• Stir this mixture into the watermelon juice, then stir in the water.
• Cover and refrigerate until very cold.
• Serve over ice and garnish with lemon slices.

Steps:

• Place the watermelon in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet, and freeze until completely frozen, like ice cubes, about 2 hours.
• Meanwhile, cook the sugar and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar is completely melted, about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat, add the chopped basil and stir until completely wilted. Cool completely at room temperature, at least 1 hour.
• When the watermelon is completely frozen, put half in a blender. Strain the basil syrup into the blender, use the back of a wooden spoon or spatula to press down on the basil to extract as much flavor as possible, and discard the basil. Add the lemon juice, and blend until the mixture is mostly smooth, pushing it down with a wooden spoon or spatula if needed. Add the remaining watermelon, and continue to blend until the mixture is completely smooth.
• Spoon the mixture into 4 short glasses (or wineglasses, if you want to be fancy), and garnish each with a basil leaf.

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:

• 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:

• Purée watermelon pieces in processor. Strain watermelon purée into large pitcher, pressing on solids in strainer to extract as much juice as possible. Discard any solids in strainer. Add simple syrup, lemon juice, and grenadine to pitcher; stir to blend. Stir in gin. (Can be prepared 6 hours ahead. Refrigerate.)
• Stir 3 cups ice cubes into watermelon lemonade. Pour into tall glasses. Garnish with lemon twists, if desired.

Steps:

• Combine water, lemon juice, sugar, and watermelon in a blender. Blend until smooth.

Steps:

• Peel the watermelon and cut the flesh into large chunks. Purée them in a blender until smooth. Pour the purée through a fine-mesh strainer, and discard the solids.
• Pour the strained watermelon into an ice-cube tray (plastic, not silicon). Freeze until solid.
• Make simple syrup: In a small saucepan combine sugar with 1 cup water, and place over medium heat. Cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and chill.
• In another pot bring 6 cups water to a boil. Remove from heat, and add lemon rinds and pulp. Cover, let steep for 10 minutes and then strain.
• Combine strained liquid in a pitcher with lemon juice. Refrigerate until ready to serve. (Fruit mixture and simple syrup can be refrigerated separately for a couple of days, until needed.)
• Before serving, add simple syrup to taste, and add vodka to make it boozy if you like. Serve in glasses over the watermelon ice cubes.

Steps:

• Dissolve sugar in boiling water. Place strawberries and watermelon in batches in a blender; cover and process until blended. Pour blended fruit though a fine mesh strainer; transfer to a large pitcher. Stir in lemonade concentrate, lemon juice and sugar water. Serve over ice.

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 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:

• Working in 2 batches, blend watermelon and lemon juice in processor or blender until smooth. Transfer to pitcher.
• Bring 3 1/2 cups water and sugar to boil in medium saucepan over high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add hot syrup to pitcher with watermelon-lemon juice. Refrigerate until cold, about 2 hours. Fill tall glasses with ice. Pour Watermelon Lemonade over and garnish glasses with lemon wedges.

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.