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Home » recipes » Aguas Frescas, a refreshing recipe

Aguas Frescas, a refreshing recipe

June 28, 2013 by Karen Dawkins 9 Comments

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A couple weeks ago, my aguas frescas 2son Ben and I traveled to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on a mission trip. He and I are working on a video post to share our amazing experience and will post that soon, but we thought you might enjoy this refreshing recipe for aguas frescas at your summer parties and festivities.

What is aguas frescas?

Aguas frescas are made from fresh fruit, a bit of sugar and water. Served chilled, these refreshing beverages are relatively healthy — especially compared to soda — and taste great! They can be made with any seasonal fruit in just a few minutes. In Mexico, the beverage is generally ladled from a vitrolero, a large beehive shaped jar. The beverage is available at restaurants and from street side vendors throughout the country (and in other Caribbean nations).

We were fortunate to enjoy this drink during our trip, thanks to Rosie and the other wonderful ladies who cooked for us all week. The aguas frescas prepared for us were lightly flavored, not as heavy as the fruit juice and sodas we are used to in the United States. The aguas frescas we enjoyed were not usually sweetened, probably because Rosie used ripe fruit!

Aguas Frescas Basic Recipe

Ingredients for a family size recipe:

  • 3-4 cups of your favorite fresh fruit (we used cantaloupe and half a lime for this post)
  • simple syrup of 1/4 cup sugar dissolved in 1/4 cup water (see below)
  • water
  • ice

To prepare:

  1. In a small saucepan, make the simple syrup by dissolving the sugar in water over low heat. Stir until completely dissolved, the remove the syrup from the heat and allow it to cool.
  2. Coarsely chop (and remove seeds) from the fruit and puree in a blender.
  3. Strain the pureed fruit to remove pulp. You can strain directly into the vitrolero or other large pitcher.
  4. Add cold water to the strained fruit (fill to about 3/4 full).
  5. Taste and add simple syrup as needed to reach desired sweetness.
  6. Top off container with ice and enjoy.

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To make a huge batch for a party, just repeat the process and strain the liquid into a larger container such as the vitrolero like Flor who writes at Mi Casa is Your Casa, here displaying hibiscus tea.

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More aguas frescas recipes

Once you discover aguas frescas, you’ll definitely want to expand the recipe. We discovered lots of awesome recipes online — take your pick. We highly recommend the pineapple-coconut, watermelon-lime and honeydew. We also enjoyed Hibiscus Water and Horchata, which are similarly prepared and equally refreshing.

  • Aguas de Jamaica, hibiscus water recipe
  • Horchata, a refreshing rice drink
  • Herbed aguas frescas from “The Kitchn.” What else will you do with all that mint growing crazy in the garden?

We never heard of aguas frescas before our last trip, but they are obviously popular. We certainly will be enjoying a variety of aguas frescas all summer! Just think, the kids will get their vitamin C, I’ll use up leftover fruits the easy way, and we will remember Mexico all summer long!

¡Buen provecho!*

*That’s Spanish for bon appetit!

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Comments

  1. Barbara @ allmylivesnow says

    October 7, 2013 at 8:17 pm

    Oh my, yummy and good for you. I like that.
    Visiting from Adventures in Mindful Cooking. Liking you on facebook and following on Pinterest.

    Reply
  2. EverywhereAmy says

    July 5, 2013 at 8:16 am

    I took a look at this last week and I came back to tell you we tried it and loved it. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Karen Dawkins says

      July 5, 2013 at 1:55 pm

      Amy, So glad you liked it. We’re trying peach flavored today!

      Reply
  3. Average Traveller says

    June 28, 2013 at 1:57 pm

    That sounds great for a hot summer day!

    Reply
    • Karen Dawkins says

      June 28, 2013 at 10:17 pm

      It is quite delicious! I am a reformed lemonade girl. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Marisol@TravelingSolemates says

    June 28, 2013 at 1:16 pm

    It sounds refreshing; perfect for BBQ parties. Muchos gracias for the recipe!

    Reply
    • Karen Dawkins says

      June 28, 2013 at 10:16 pm

      de nada! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Lisa Goodmurphy says

    June 28, 2013 at 8:26 am

    Looks delish! I just read your About Me on the sidebar – didn’t realize that you were a “retired” lawyer as well!

    Reply
    • Karen Dawkins says

      June 28, 2013 at 10:16 pm

      Best decision I ever made! I was a criminal prosecutor “back in the day.”

      Reply

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