Raspberry Peach Agua Fresca Food

RASPBERRY PEACH AGUA FRESCA

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a blender jar and blend until smooth. Strain the mixture into a pitcher and add more agave if needed. Cover the pitcher and let chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

RASPBERRY-PEACH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Mix raspberries, peaches, 1 cup sugar, and flour in a large bowl.
• Press one pie crust into a pie dish; pour fruit mixture into pie crust. Sprinkle remaining 1/3 cup sugar over fruit.
• Cut designs in the second pie crust using a cookie cutter and arrange pie crust over fruit. Pinch the edges of the bottom and top crusts together to seal.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and continue baking until crust is golden brown and fruit filling is bubbly, about 35 minutes more.

STRAWBERRY AGUA FRESCA

Steps:

• Combine water and sugar, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• Place strawberries in a blender, and process until smooth.
• Combine the sugar mixture, strawberry puree, and juice; stir well.

RASPBERRY-MINT AGUA FRESCA

Steps:

• Select 4 tumblers.
• In a saucepan, combine the sugar and ½ cup water.
• Bring to a simmer over med-low heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
• Remove the sugar syrup form the heat and let cool.
• In a blender, combine 18 of the raspberries, the mint leaves, and the sugar syrup and process until a smooth puree forms.
• Strain the puree through a fine-mesh sieve into a pitcher.
• You should have about 2/3 cup.
• Add 1 1/3 cups water.
• Fill the glasses with ice and divide the raspberry mixture among the glasses.
• Garnish with mint sprigs and remaining raspberries speared on a cocktail pick.
• Serve at once.

MINTED RASPBERRY HIBISCUS AGUA FRESCA

Steps:

• Bring 8 cups water to a boil ini a large saucepan. Add the raspberries, mint, and tea bags. Remove from heat. Let stand 1 hour at room temperature. Remove the tea bags, strain mixture through a sieve, reserving liquid. Discard solids. Add sugar and juice to tea, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• Garnish with mint sprigs.
• Makes 8 servings.