Barley Free Apple-Mint Slushy
Fresh apple juice blended with mint and a touch of honey makes for one of the most refreshing cold drinks you can put together at home. The process is simple but thoughtful — blending the mint directly into the juice before straining it means you get every bit of that bright, herbal flavor without any leafy bits in your final sip. A second blend with ice transforms the whole thing into a proper slushy texture that's smooth and satisfying all the way to the bottom of the glass. Drinks like this can be surprisingly tricky to find ready-made without added syrups, concentrates, or grain-derived thickeners, so making it yourself puts you fully in control of what goes in. Every ingredient here is clean and straightforward — cold-pressed apple juice, fresh mint, honey, and ice, nothing more. Garnished with thin apple slices and a sprig of mint, it looks as good as it tastes and comes together in just a few minutes of blender work.
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2 servings
- 2 cups fresh apple juice (pressed or cold-pressed, not from concentrate)
- ¼ cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed
- 1 tbsp honey
- 2 cups ice cubes
For serving
- 1 small apple, thinly sliced (optional)
- 2 fresh mint sprigs (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the apple juice, mint leaves, and honey in the blender. Blend on high for 20–30 seconds until the mint is fully broken down and the liquid is bright green-tinged and fragrant.
- 2
Pour the mint-apple mixture through a fine mesh strainer into a bowl or large measuring cup, pressing the mint solids with a spoon to extract all the liquid. Discard the solids.
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