Fresh - freshly squeezed juice from fruits or vegetables. It must be consumed immediately: the shelf life is no more than half an hour. Indeed, that is why the drink was called “fresh” - from the English word “fresh”! It is very easy to cook at home, the main thing is to have a juicer or a blender at hand. At worst, you can use the folk method: grater and gauze, sieve. As a rule, a refreshing and thirst-quenching drink is made without any additives - sugar, salt, spices - and does not require heat treatment (a juice maker is unnecessary, it is fresh).
From watermelon
An excellent summer and autumn option is watermelon fresh. Of course, it is easy to prepare it in any kitchen all year round, but at a time when striped sweet berries are sold on every corner and literally cost a penny - a special pleasure that does not hit too much on the family budget. In this article, we will look at how you can quickly prepare a watermelon fresh. There are a lot of recipes, in fact. Let's take a closer look!
Some tips for use
- It is best to drink these types of juices 20-30 minutes before eating.
- The measure of consumption is 100 grams (maximum 200). You should not drink, for example, watermelon fresh liters, unless you are on an appropriate diet and eat nothing more.
- After eating juices are not worth drinking, many of them dilute stomach acid, cause fermentation and slow down the digestion time of food as a result .
- Sugar in a watermelon fresh is not worth adding: nature has made it sweet enough. Sometimes a spoon of honey is introduced for taste. Well, now about the recipes.
Watermelon fresh. Blender recipe
It is necessary to take a medium-sized, fully ripe, but not overripe, watermelon (4-5 kg). How to choose - you probably know. But just in case: it should be voiced with a light blow to the body, the tail stalk is dry, the color of the berry is intense, without salad shades (this suggests that it has not yet matured). The selected berry must be washed under the tap, as there may be dust and even dirt on the surface. I would not want her to get into our prepared drink. Next, cut off the top of the watermelon and take out the red sweet pulp. We choose the bones. We do not throw out the cleaned case, it will still be useful to us. Cut the flesh into cubes and send portionwise to a blender. Preparing fresh. And then we pour it back into the skeleton of a watermelon. Squeezed lemon or lime can be added to thick fresh juice. Mix and cover with a lid from the top of the watermelon. Once again, it should be noted that the drink must be consumed within half an hour, otherwise it will lose some of its healing properties. Before pouring into glasses, mix fresh juice again, and put several ice cubes in the container for additional cooling. We decorate each glass with a sprig of mint.
How to make a watermelon fresh in a folk recipe
Today, many kitchens have such a magical culinary device as a blender. Of course, it speeds up the preparation of many dishes, making them less labor intensive. But what if you have not acquired such a device yet, but want to make fresh juice from a ripe watermelon? The actions are very simple: after all, once before our grandmothers and mothers did the improvised means?
- We cut off the top of the watermelon.
- We take a knife and cut out the red pulp along with the seeds (try not to touch the green one).
- Through a rather large sieve (so that the bones do not pass, and the flesh falls into the holes), we grind the watermelon into the prepared container. The effect is almost the same as in the blender, only a little more will have to tinker.
- The resulting fresh pour into the dishes. To taste, you can add lime or lemon juice, a spoonful of honey. But you can not add. Shuffle. Pour the resulting drink into glasses with ice cubes and decorate with sprigs of mint.