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Cucumber, Mint, and Apple Smoothie
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Source: https://recipheon.com/en/recipes/drinks/cucumber-mint-and-apple-smoothie
About this recipe
This cucumber, mint, and apple smoothie is a light, fresh drink made with water and lime juice. Cucumber lends a cool, delicate flavor, apple adds natural sweetness, and mint reinforces the refreshing character. Lime juice provides tart contrast and keeps the drink from tasting flat. Blend only briefly and serve immediately, while the mint is most noticeable and the cucumber still tastes fresh. For a more apple-forward version serving 2, use 2 apples and 200 ml water instead of 1 apple and 220 ml water. Keep 1 cucumber, a few mint leaves and the juice of 1/2 lime. Blend the cucumber, apples, water and lime juice, then add the mint and blend briefly. Strain if you prefer less pulp; this changes the fibre content and the amount of drink obtained. The estimated nutrition shown is for the base recipe; the extra apple and any straining change these values.
Ingredients
1 cucumber
1 apple
a few mint leaves
220 ml water
juice of 1/2 lime
Steps
Rinse the cucumber, apple and mint. Core the apple, then chop the cucumber and apple into small pieces. Set the mint leaves aside separately.
Put the cucumber and apple in the blender, pour in 170 ml of cold water and reserve the remaining 50 ml. Add the juice of half a lime. Keep the prepared mint for the final blending stage.
Blend the fruit and water until evenly broken down, with no large pieces of apple. Add the mint leaves and blend briefly, just to distribute them through the smoothie.
If the smoothie is too thick or the lime flavor too strong, gradually add the reserved 50 ml of water, without exceeding 220 ml in total. Mix briefly and serve immediately; using chilled ingredients will give you a cold drink.
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