Cucumber Lemonade with Mint
Cucumber blended with lime juice, water and sugar, strained and served over ice with mint. Ten minutes, and it is more refreshing than either ingredient on its own.
Servings: 4
Calories: 42kcal
Ingredients
- 1 glass ice cubes about a cup
- Juice of 4 lemons
- 4 slices lemon to serve
- 4 mint leaves to serve, or blended in for more flavour
- 1 cucumber peeled or not: the peel adds colour and a slightly bitter note
- ½ liter water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- Peel the cucumber if you want to, and cut it into slices. Put it in the blender with the lemon juice, the water and the sugar, and blend until smooth.
- Pour it through a strainer to take out the seeds and the pulp, then serve over a couple of ice cubes, with mint leaves and a slice of lemon in each glass.
Notes
Cucumber is around 96 per cent water, which is why this works as a lemonade rather than as a smoothie: it thins the drink without watering down the flavour. Peeling is a real choice. The skin adds colour and a faintly bitter, grassy note that some people like and others do not, and the sieve removes it either way if you leave it on. Strain it regardless: cucumber seeds are unpleasant in a glass. Blending a couple of the mint leaves rather than only using them as garnish gives a considerably more minty drink.
Nutrition
Calories: 42kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 12mg | Potassium: 147mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 73IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg