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Honeydew-Mint Mist

From the book Cool Waters by Brian Preston-Campbell

Serves	4
Prep Time	10 minutes

Introduction

This refreshing beverage is inspired by agua de melón, a traditional Mexican drink. I removed the white-cane sugar from the original for this more healthful version. Mint adds a clean, herbal note to the sweet green flavor of the honeydew.

Ingredients

	1	cup ripe honeydew melon chunks (about ¼ melon)
	15	large, fresh mint leaves
	4	cups chilled still water

Steps

Purée all the ingredients together in a blender. Pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a large pitcher. Chill well before serving.

Notes

To find perfectly ripe honeydew, simply smell the stem end of the fruit (this end has a bigger circular blemish, distinguishing it from the blossom end). If you smell fresh, ripe melon, then it’s ready for use.

This content is from the book Cool Waters by Brian Preston-Campbell.

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