Mark Bittman

Cantaloupe Horchata

Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      10 min

Appears in
The Best Recipes in the World: More Than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home
The Best Recipes in the World

By Mark Bittman

Published 2005

  • About

The unusual thing about many Mexican fruit drinks is that the seeds are included; they’re blended, so you don’t realize this until you watch them being made, but this is the reason for their wonderfully intense flavors. This procedure works well for cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon, or other melon.

Ingredients

  • 1 very ripe cantaloupe, 2 pounds or more
  • About ¼ cup fresh lime juice, to taste
  • Abo

Method

  1. Cut the cantaloupe in half; scoop the flesh, seeds, and liquid into a blender. Add a couple tablespoons each of lime juice and sugar, along with 2 cups water. Blend until very smooth, adding a little more water if necessary.
  2. Taste and add more lime juice or sugar if yo