Drink Recipe ☆ Sesame Seed Juice

A toasted tasty juice, this is a traditional beverage of Puerto Rico. It's so refreshing and a different idea. For an iced cool beverage, add crushed ice and serve immediately.

Ingredients

• 16 ounces sesame seeds
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 gallon water, or as needed

Cooking Directions

1. Cook sesame seeds in a large saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, until seeds are toasted and fragrant, about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and cover with a lid.
2. Place sugar in a blender and pour in enough water to fill halfway; add seeds. Blend sugar-seed mixture until smooth; pour through a fine-mesh strainer into a pitcher. Repeat blending and straining if a thinner drink is desired, adding more water as desired. Refrigerate juice until cooled, about 1 hour.

Nutrition Facts

• calories128.6
• carbohydrateContent15.8 g
• fatContent7 g
• fiberContent1.7 g
• proteinContent2.5 g
• saturatedFatContent1 g
• sodiumContent5.1 mg
• sugarContent12.5 g