Mexican Strawberry Agua Fresca
This strawberry agua fresca is an extremely flavorful and refreshing chilled Mexican drink you can easily make at home, especially in summer when fresh strawberries are in season.
Ingredient
- 4 cups fresh ripe strawberries, sliced
- 1 cup white sugar
- 8 cups cold water, divided
- 5 cups ice for serving, or as needed
- 1 lime, cut into 8 wedges
- 8 fresh mint sprigs
Direction
- Gather all ingredients.
- Ingredients to make agua de fresa
- Mix together strawberries, sugar, and 1 cup cold water in a medium bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 4 hours.
- A glass bowl with sugar, sliced strawberries, and water
- Pour chilled strawberry mixture into a blender. Blend on high until smooth.
- A blender with blended strawberry-sugar mixture
- Pour through a wire mesh strainer set over a large bowl; discard pulp and seeds.
- A strainer with strawberry pulp and seeds set over a large bowl of strawberry juice
- Stir remaining 7 cups cold water into strawberry juice until aqua de fresa is well combined.
- A hand, holding a whisk, whisking together ague de fresa in a large glass bowl
- Fill glasses with ice. Pour aqua de fresa over ice. Garnish each serving with lime wedges and mint leaves.
