Drinks
Persian Cantaloupe Drink
Your new favorite summer beverage calls for just four ingredients: fresh melon, water, sugar, and mint.
- Makes
6 cups
- Time
5 minutes
SAVEUR contributing editor Farideh Sadeghin got the recipe for this refreshing melon drink from her Iranian-born father, who makes it by grating fresh cantaloupe and combining it with water, sugar, and mint. You can also add a little gin for a cooling summer cocktail.
Featured in “Chasing the Perfect Persian Rice.”
Ingredients
- 1 cantaloupe (about 3 lb.)
- ¼ cup sugar, plus more to taste
- Fresh mint sprigs, for garnish
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Instructions
Step 1
Peel the cantaloupe, then halve it and scoop out and discard the seeds. Cut each cantaloupe half into two pieces and coarsely grate them into a large bowl. Stir in the sugar and 3½ cups of water, then taste and add more sugar if necessary. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 45 minutes.
Step 2
Serve in cups over ice, garnished with mint.
- Peel the cantaloupe, then halve it and scoop out and discard the seeds. Cut each cantaloupe half into two pieces and coarsely grate them into a large bowl. Stir in the sugar and 3½ cups of water, then taste and add more sugar if necessary. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 45 minutes.
- Serve in cups over ice, garnished with mint.
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