Main ingredients 🥩
watermelonlemon juice
Ttukdak Hyung's Watermelon Syrup and Ade
A homemade fruit syrup made by soaking bland watermelon flesh in sugar and lemon juice, enjoyed as a refreshing ade or mojito.
🙋 Recommended for
- ⭐ Those who want to make refreshing homemade fruit ades at home.
- ⭐ Those who want to transform unsweet watermelon into a cost-effective beverage base instead of throwing it away.
- ⭐ Those looking for a watermelon mojito cocktail recipe for summer home parties.
Ingredients needed 🛒4 servings
- watermelon flesh, as needed
- sugar, same amount as watermelon
- lemon juice, a little
- salt, a pinch
- ice, as needed
- sparkling water, as needed
- soju (optional)
- apple mint, a little
Recipe 🍳
- Blend the red flesh of the watermelon (that lacks sweetness) in a blender or cut it into very small squares.
- Pack the cut watermelon into a glass jar that has been sterilized with boiling water.
- Add the sugar, lemon juice, and a pinch of salt to the jar, and mix well until the sugar dissolves.
- Seal the lid and let it ferment in the refrigerator for one day to complete the watermelon syrup.
- To make an ade, put some watermelon syrup in a glass, add ice and sparkling water, and garnish with apple mint.
- To enjoy as a mojito, pour watermelon syrup, ice, soju, and sparkling water to taste, then muddle with apple mint.
- Cut the watermelon flesh into small pieces and pack them into a boiling-water-sterilized glass jar.
- Add sugar, lemon juice, and salt, then let it ferment in the refrigerator for one day to make the syrup.
- Mix the fermented syrup with sparkling water and ice for an ade, or add soju for a cocktail.
Cooking tips 💡
- Adding a tiny pinch of salt when making the fruit syrup brings out the natural sweetness of the watermelon much stronger.
- If there is moisture in the glass jar, mold can easily form. Make sure to sterilize with boiling water and dry completely before use.