Water Melon Syrup Recipe

Preserving bottle filled with vibrant watermelon syrup placed on white wooden ground.

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Kick up your cocktails and desserts with this easy-to-make watermelon syrup. Check out those two easy recipe versions that will create a vibrant, flavorful watermelon syrup!

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Total Time 10

Course Beverage, Cocktails, Condiment, Food gift

Cuisine European

Servings cups

Calories 478 kcal

Equipment

Tall container
Immersion blender
Saucepan small
Wooden spoon
Spoon
Close meshed sieve
Funnel
Muddler for the alternate version without boiling
Airtight Glass Container Sterilized

Ingredients

½ lbs Watermelon fresh
4 ½ tbs Water
2 tbs Lemon juice
2 tbs Lime juice
½ lbs Granulated Sugar

Instructions

Version 1 - boiling

Peel the ½ lbs Watermelon and remove the seeds. Cut the fruit into pieces.
½ lbs Watermelon
Finely puree the melon in a tall container using an immersion blender.
Pass the puréed melon through a fine sieve into a saucepan.
Add 4 ½ tbs Water, 2 tbs Lemon juice, 2 tbs Lime juice, and ½ lbs Granulated Sugar to the saucepan.
½ lbs Granulated Sugar, 4 ½ tbs Water, 2 tbs Lime juice, 2 tbs Lemon juice
Bring to a boil and simmer for about 5 minutes.
Pour the hot melon syrup into bottles and seal immediately.
Once cooled, store the syrup in the fridge.

Version 2 - without boiling

Muddle ½ lbs Watermelon pieces and combine them with 4 ½ tbs Water, 2 tbs Lemon juice, 2 tbs Lime juice ½ lbs Granulated Sugar in a preserving jar.
½ lbs Watermelon, 4 ½ tbs Water, 2 tbs Lemon juice, 2 tbs Lime juice, ½ lbs Granulated Sugar
Let the mixture sit in the fridge for 24 hours to allow the sugar to dissolve naturally.
After 24 hours, strain the contents of the preserving jar through a sieve.

Notes

🧉 Refreshing Summer Drink for the whole family (no alcohol)

Mix soda with lime wedges, fresh mint leaves, cubed ice, and homemade watermelon juice, and give it a good stir! It's a tasty, refreshing treat, ideal for those craving a non-alcoholic beverage to beat the heat on a hot summer day!

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Keyword melon syrup, watermelon syrup

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