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A short glass of homemade watermelon juice with ice and sprigs of lavender on top as fruit ice cubes and watermelon slices sit on the table.

Homemade Watermelon Juice


  • Author: Zoe Burgess and Robin Kolek

Description

Homemade is always better. Especially when it comes to juice.


Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 watermelon, approximately 4 pounds
  • 1 tsp coconut or grapeseed oil
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 4 sprigs fresh thyme, lemon thyme, or fresh mint
  • Fresh blueberries, strawberries, raspberries frozen into ice cubes

Instructions

  1. A few hours in advance, put a berry or two in each chamber of two ice cube trays. Add distilled water for very clear ice cubes. Put in freezer.
  2. With a knife, removed the green rind and white pith of the watermelon. Cut into cubes.
  3. Put 1 tsp coconut oil and half of the watermelon cubes into a non-stick saucepan. Cook until the fruit turns dark red. Stir constantly so as not to brown the fruit. Let cool.
  4. In a blender, mix cooked and raw watermelon until smooth, with the juice of half a lemon. Taste and add more if you want more acidity. If the juice is too thick, add a bit of water.
  5. Put the blended juice in a container with fresh herbs. Refrigerate.
  6. Serve over berry ice cubes.
  7. If desired, spike lightly with gin and a splash of seltzer.