Summer horchatas & aguas frescas
Cucumber Lime Mint Agua Fresca
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An especially refreshing Agua Fresca with cucumber, lime, and mint. Light, cooling, and ideal for hot summer days.
Timing
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Chill time: 30 minutes
Estimated nutrition
per glass · Calculated for 6 glasses.
- Energy
- ≈ 25 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 1.5 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 2.8 g
- Fat
- ≈ 0.3 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- juice of 2 limes · ≈ 50.0 g
- 2 cucumbers · ≈ 800 g
The midpoint was used for quantity ranges.
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 2 cucumbers
- juice of 2 limes
- 600 ml cold water
- 1–2 tbsp agave syrup or honey, optional
- 8–10 ice cubes
- 10 mint leaves
- optional: cucumber slices for serving
Instructions
- Wash cucumbers and roughly dice them.
- Add cucumbers, lime juice, water, optional agave syrup or honey, and ice cubes to the mixing bowl.
- Blend 30 Sek. / Stufe 8–10.
- Pour through a fine sieve if needed.
- Add mint leaves and stir in 5 Sek. / Stufe 4.
- Chill for 30 minutes or serve immediately over ice.
