Cantaloupe Cooler Food

CANTALOUPE COOLER

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in the order listed in a blender. Cover and process until smooth. Pour into chilled glasses; serve immediately.

MELON COOLER

Steps:

• In a large pitcher, combine wine, melon juice, and melon balls. Chill for at least 1 hour. Just before serving, add ice, stir, pour in soda, and stir lightly again.

MELON-CUCUMBER COOLERS

Steps:

• Combine the melon, cucumber, sugar, lemon juice and 1 cup water in a blender and puree until smooth. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a pitcher, using a ladle to push the mixture through.
• Add the vodka and liqueur to the pitcher and stir to combine. Refrigerate until cold, at least 30 minutes or up to 4 hours. Divide among ice-filled glasses; garnish with cucumber spears.

CUCUMBER MELON COOLER

Steps:

• Remove rind from honeydew and cut into chunks.
• Peel cucumber, cut 8 nice slices from the middle to use as garnish and cut the rest of the cucumber into chunks.
• Using a blender and working in 2 batches, puree the melon, cucumber and water.
• Strain mixture and discard solids.
• Whisk sugar and lemon juice into the liquids remaining from melon/cucumber.
• Taste it and add up to 2 cups more water if it is too concentrated for your liking.
• Refrigerate until chilled and serve over ice with a floating slice of cucumber as a garnish.

PALOODEH TALEBI - CANTALOUPE COOLER(PERSIA)

Steps:

• Blend cantaloupe with several cubes of ice in a blender.
• Add a dash of rosewater. Rosewater is a delightful ingredient true to its name but it is also a dominating one so use sparingly. Jazz up the flavor by adding 1 tablespoon or more of fresh lemon juice. Mix with a wooden spoon. Sweeten to taste with honey or lemon, sparingly, so as to allow the natural flavor of the cantaloupe to shine through.
• Pour into a glass and garnish with fresh mint or very thinly sliced wedge of lemon. Drink up!
• Drink it quickly before the ice melts and dilutes the drink.

CANTALOUPE-BASIL-GRAPEFRUIT COOLER

Steps:

• In a small heatproof bowl, pour 1/2 cup boiling water over sugar and basil; stir until sugar has dissolved. Let cool completely, about 20 minutes. Strain syrup into a blender; discard basil.
• Add cantaloupe, grapefruit juice, and 1 3/4 cups cold water; blend until smooth. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve.
• Serve over ice, garnished with a basil sprig, or refrigerate in an airtight container up to 3 days. If using vodka, stir a shot (1-ounce) into each glass before serving.