Watermelon Agua Fresca

This is the Runner-Up recipe for 1992 in the San Francisco Chronicle, by Jacqueline Higuera McMahan.

• Ready In: 10 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 6  cups  diced watermelon
• 3  cups water
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1  tablespoon  watermelon seeds
•  lime slice (to garnish)

Directions

1. Puree half of the fruit in a blender with 1 cup of the water.
2. Pour into a clear pitcher.
3. Add the remaining fruit and water to the blender, along with the sugar and lime juice; puree.
4. Combine with the juice in the pitcher.
5. Stir in the reserved seeds.
6. Refrigerate until chilled.
7. Serve over ice in clear glasses; garnish with lime.