Watermelon and Mint Ice Cubes

watermelon ice cubes

For an interesting twist to serving iced tea, add these watermelon and mint ice cubes. I've adapted a recipe from Relish magazine, an excellent new food magazine that can be found as a supplement in your Sunday paper. The ice cubes go well with any drink you want to liven up, not just tea: add it to punch, lemonade, mixed drinks, and so on. This recipe also works well for making freezer pops and granita.

Watermelon and Mint Ice Cubes

2-1/2 cups watermelon, cubed
1 to 2 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon sugar
juice of 1/2 lemon
24 mint leaves

Into a medium bowl, press the watermelon cubes through a fine mesh strainer. Discard the pulp. To the watermelon juice, add honey to taste, sugar, and lemon juice. Combine and strain the liquid again into a measuring cup to make for easy dispensing. It should equal 2 cups, which will fill an ice cube tray entirely. Place mint leaves in ice tray and pour the liquid over the mint. Freeze for at least two hours before using. Yield: 24 ice cubes.

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  1. Do you have a recipe for Sangria??

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  2. This is a wonderful idea..I hate how ice always waters down the drink..yucky!

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  3. I bet if you dropped a few of those watermelon cubes into a glass of chilled Champagne Mmmm! Sounds Good!

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  4. that is a great adapted recipe, i can't wait to try it... watermelon and mint go well with soooo many things.

    also, i really like this blog. keep up the good work :)

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  5. This was a great recipe! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  6. These look amazing! I think I'll try these with the last melons of summer. Lovely!

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  8. I see a lot of recipes online and this is one that I am going to link to on my blog. Summer is almost over and this would be fun to try. My wife would like this too.

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  9. OK, this sounds all good and everything. watermelon and mint. However, looking at the jar I just get the feeling I am looking at one of those halloween jars with the odd pickled organism or shrunken head.

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  10. What A great idea! Beautiful photo.

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  11. Great recipes and photos!

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  12. Great idea. Will definitely try it this weekend.

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  13. Those ice cubes + homemade ginger ale = bliss!

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  14. Could be good... if not, a few tweaks and I could have mojito cubes instead:P

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