Fresco de Frutas (Costa Rican Fruit Drink)
Recipe: #26681
July 27, 2017
Categories: Beverages, Smoothies, Banana, Pineapple, Watermelon, Central/South American, July 4th, Labor Day, Fat Free, Gluten-Free, Kosher, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, Vegetarian, more
"Fresco is a pretty generic term in Costa Rica for any fruit blended with water, simple syrup, and ice. Most common is watermelon, papaya, guanabana, and mango. This version has a sangria vibe going on, as it incorporates other diced fruits as a garnish. Yum!"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (571.3 g)
- Calories 121.2
- Total Fat - 0.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 0 g
- Cholesterol - 0.3 mg
- Sodium - 114.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 27.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.4 g
- Sugars - 22.7 g
- Protein - 4.5 g
- Calcium - 34.7 mg
- Iron - 0.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 12.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Place the watermelon, water and honey (or simple syrup) in a blender and blend until smooth. Combine all the diced fruit in a small bowl. Pour the drink into ice-filled glasses and divide the equally between the glasses. Stir gently to combine. Serve immediately.
Note: you can also blend the watermelon, water and honey with ice - making more of a smoothie
Tips
No special items needed.