Most people associate lemonade withA refreshing drink made, of course, from lemons. And how do you look at something if you are told that there is cucumber lemonade? Yes Yes! Sounds a bit unusual, right?
But after all, if you think about it, a lemon is a much more exotic product than a native cucumber, which grows everywhere in our latitudes.
Benefit
The composition of the cucumber is just perfect for a refreshingdrink, because it is 96% water, but not ordinary, but supplemented with all sorts of useful substances, such as iodine and potassium for example. Moreover, cucumbers help cleanse the body and improve metabolism.
The composition of cucumber lemonade
Refreshments will always be popular, whetherit is a hot hot day or a cold winter evening. Drinking a glass of icing tonic lemonade is always a pleasure. Such a drink as cucumber lemonade, the recipe is slightly different from the usual for many cocktails, the main component of which is lemon juice. But as it turns out, in addition to lemons and oranges, cucumbers are used for a drink. Amazing, right? But this unique vegetable perfectly harmonizes with citrus fruits and mint.
Ginger-cucumber is no less interesting and useful.lemonade. Instead of sugar, it is recommended to use honey, it will give the drink sweetness without harm to health. In addition, honey contains a tremendous amount of nutrients. This drink will relieve the feeling of fatigue, recuperate and lift your spirits.
Taste qualities of a drink
Лимонад огуречный имеет легкий приятный вкус с floral notes. This cocktail contains components that are not only perfectly combined to taste, but also have practical healing properties. The cucumber lemonade is also very popular with children, and this is its undoubted advantage. After all, now parents should not worry about the health of the child, the ingredients that make up the drink are natural and extremely useful.
Cucumber lemonade: a recipe with mint
To make this cocktail, you need the following ingredients:
- One liter of mineral water.
- Four large cucumbers.
- Lemon.
- Two spoons of honey.
- Fresh mint leaves.
What is remarkable about the recipe of such a drink ascucumber lemonade with mint? You yourself can adjust the degree of sweetness and sourness, increasing or decreasing the number of necessary ingredients. Instead of lemon, you can use lime or even orange - both fruits are perfectly combined with cucumbers. Sugar can be replaced with honey. It is also possible to add ginger or remove mint, replacing it with, for example, melissa. This plant harmonizes perfectly with both citrus and cucumber, giving the drink a delicate and soft taste and smell. And just like mint, Melissa has relaxing and soothing properties. The recipe, as you know, universal.
If suddenly the cucumber season has not yet come, buttry the lemonade passion as you want, you can buy cucumbers in the store. But in this case it is necessary to soak the vegetables in the water for at least two hours, this will help to reduce the content of nitrates and possible other harmful substances to a minimum.
Cucumbers should be chosen small, with a peel that resembles the color of young succulent foliage, but by no means dark green and large. In the first and more vitamins, and much less nitrates.
Of course, the summer cucumber lemonade turns out to be more useful, and the vegetables do not require pre-soaking, just rinse them.
Rinse the cucumbers, peel them and cut them in small, but not small pieces, so that they fit in the blender bowl.
Squeeze the juice from the lemon and combine it with the prepared cucumbers, mint leaves and honey, grind all the ingredients to a puree. Pour in mineral water and mix again.
Next, pass the drink through a fine sieve to squeeze all the pulp, and pour into glasses for a cocktail.
If necessary, add some more lemon juice or honey.
That's it, a refreshing and incredibly delicious drink.is ready. If you leave cucumbers and mineral water in the fridge for a while before cooking, then you will not have to cool the finished cocktail; if you wish, you can add ice cubes to it.
Serve the drink, garnished with a slice of lemon or lime, mint leaves.
