Shellfish Free Classic Pineapple Agua Fresca
Sweet, tangy, and impossibly refreshing, this pineapple agua fresca is the kind of drink that makes you feel like you're sitting somewhere warm with a breeze rolling in. Fresh pineapple chunks get blended with cold water, a squeeze of lime, and just a pinch of salt that quietly makes every other flavor pop. Straining the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve gives you a silky-smooth drink with none of the fibrous pulp — just pure, golden fruit flavor in a glass. The lime juice keeps things bright rather than cloying, and you can dial the sweetness up or down to suit your crowd before it even hits the ice. Naturally free from any seafood or ocean-derived ingredients, this is a recipe where the ingredient list is as clean and simple as it looks. Serve it over a big pile of ice with a sprig of fresh mint and it goes from everyday to genuinely impressive in about five minutes flat.
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4 servings
- 4 cups fresh pineapple chunks (from about ½ medium pineapple), core removed
- 3 cups cold water
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar, or more to taste
- 2 tbsp fresh lime juice (from about 1 lime)
- ¼ tsp salt
For serving
- ice, for serving
- fresh mint sprigs, for serving (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Add the pineapple chunks, cold water, sugar, lime juice, and salt to a blender. Blend on high until completely smooth, about 45–60 seconds.
- 2
Set a fine-mesh strainer over a large pitcher. Pour the blended mixture through the strainer, pressing gently on the solids with a spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the pulp.
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