Sparkling Mint Cucumber Lemonade
Super refreshing sparkling cucumber mint lemonade.
- Prep Time: 1 hour 15 min
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: about 4 1/2 cups 1x
- Category: Drink
- Cuisine: International
Ingredients
Scale
- 300g cucumber, makes 1/2 C of juice
- 1/2 C sugar
- 1/2 C water
- bunch of mint, divided
- juice of 3 lemons, around 1/2 C
- 1 lemon, sliced
- 3 C sparkling water
- slices of cucumber for garnishing
Instructions
- First prepare mint simple syrup. Combine water and sugar in a small saucepan and bring to simmer.
- Add two sprigs of mint and let it steep on low heat for 10 minutes. Switch off the heat and remove the mint.
- Meanwhile blend cucumber in a food processor or a blender adding a little bit of water if needed. Place a sieve over large bowl. Transfer minced cucumber into the sieve and leave it for a while. Wait until you have around 1/2 cup of cucumber juice. You can also press the pulp to squeeze the juice.
- To make lemonade mix together cucumber and lemon juices, mint syrup, lemon slices, handful of mint leaves and sparkling water. Chill in a fridge for an hour. Alternatively you can make lemonade base and top it up with sparkling water later.
- Serve over ice with a slice of cucumber.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 recipe
- Calories: 109
- Sugar: 28.6g
- Sodium: 2mg
- Fat: 0.2g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28.5g
- Fiber: 0.6g
- Protein: 0.5g
- Cholesterol: 0mg