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Pineapple-Watermelon Cucumber Agua Fresca, Chile-Lime Rim

Juicy watermelon and sweet pineapple blend with cool cucumber into a light, silky glass, finished with a tangy chile-lime salt rim.

Pineapple-Watermelon Cucumber Agua Fresca, Chile-Lime Rim

Ingredients

  • 1½ cups chunks250 gPineapplecut into chunks
  • 1⅔ cups diced250 gWatermeloncubed, seeds removed
  • 1¼ cups sliced120 gCucumberpeeled and roughly chopped
  • ¾ cup200 gWatercold
  • 2 tbsp34 gLime juicedivided
  • 1½ tsp6 gGranulated sugar
  • ¼ tsp1 gChili powder
  • ⅛ tsp0.5 gSalt

Steps

  1. Make the rim first: on a small plate, stir the chili powder and salt together to make the chili-salt mixture.
  2. Pour about 4 g of the lime juice onto a second small plate. Dip the rims of two glasses in the lime juice, then into the chili-salt mixture, and set the glasses aside.
  3. Put the pineapple, watermelon, cucumber and sugar in a blender with half of the cold water and the remaining lime juice.
  4. Blend on high until completely smooth, about 1 minute.
  5. Pour the blended fruit through a fine-mesh strainer into a pitcher, pressing on the pulp, then discard the pulp.
  6. Stir the remaining half of the cold water into the pitcher.
  7. Fill the rimmed glasses with ice, pour in the agua fresca and serve cold.

Allergens: none of the nine major allergens in the ingredients as written.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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