Aguas Frescas & Paletas - Refreshing Mexican Drinks and Frozen Treats, Traditional and Reimagined

2024 Better Home and Garden Best Cookbook

It wouldn't be summer in Mexico without aguas frescas and paletas--fresh-made Mexican drinks and popsicles in a variety of fruity and flowery flavors. Now you can bring the refreshing, authentic tastes of Mexico to your own backyard!

This cookbook is a celebration of two of the most refreshing Mexican treats that are delicious all year long, but best enjoyed on a warm summer day. Sanchez highlights the traditional flavors of horchata and jamaica, while also providing unique combinations that maintain authenticity, such as avocado coconut.

The book features 40 recipes, which is less than some other options. However, each recipe is simple, only requiring a handful of ingredients and a fraction of the amount of sugar the store-bought versions of these treats would have. If you love sweet over savory, this is the one for you."- Better Homes and Gardens

Ericka Sanchez of the popular culinary website Nibbles & Feasts delivers 40 easy recipes for anyone who loves traditional Mexican fare. Ranging from familiar flavors like horchata and lime to more unique combinations like Hibiscus & Spiced Orange, Mint Blackberry, and Avocado Coconut, the recipes in Aguas Frescas & Paletas uses less sugar than traditional Mexican treats and simple ingredients that can all be found at your local supermarket. All drinks are alcohol-free and perfect to share with your family! !Buen provecho!

List of contents

Aguas Frescas:
Horchata
Mandarin
Cantaloupe
Cantaloupe Seed Horchata
Cucumber Chia
Green Prickly Pear
Hibiscus and Spiced Orange
Mint Blackberry
Minty Red Prickly Pear
Oatchata
Plum
Strawberry Orange Beet
Tepache (fermented pineapple peel)
Watercress Pineapple
Guava and Cinnamon
Papaya and Mango
Chayote
Alfalfa Lime
Strawberry Almond Horchata
Grapefruit Aloe
Pineapple Cucumber and Basil
 
Paletas:
Arroz con Leche
Avocado Coconut
Banana Dulce de Leche
Burnt Milk with Pecans
Café de Olla
Cantaloupe Cucumber
Classic Lime
Coconut Lime
Guava and Coconut
Hibiscus Watermelon
Mango and Chamoy
Mexican Chocolate
Corn
Ensueño de Naranja (Orange Cream)
Tricolor (Kiwi, Coconut, Watermelon)
Strawberry Tres Leches
Tamarind
 

About the author

Ericka Sanchez is a recipe developer, food stylist, and the creator of the award-winning culinary website nibblesandfeasts.com. Ericka's cooking style is inspired by her life as a bicultural Latina living in California and her cherished memories in the kitchen with her grandmother and mother in Mexico. Ericka was born in Torreón Coahuila, Mexico, and immigrated with her family to El Paso, Texas, at eight years old.  

Summary

2024 Better Home and Garden Best Cookbook

It wouldn’t be summer in Mexico without aguas frescas and paletas—fresh-made Mexican drinks and popsicles in a variety of fruity and flowery flavors. Now you can bring the refreshing, authentic tastes of Mexico to your own backyard!

This cookbook is a celebration of two of the most refreshing Mexican treats that are delicious all year long, but best enjoyed on a warm summer day. Sanchez highlights the traditional flavors of horchata and jamaica, while also providing unique combinations that maintain authenticity, such as avocado coconut.

The book features 40 recipes, which is less than some other options. However, each recipe is simple, only requiring a handful of ingredients and a fraction of the amount of sugar the store-bought versions of these treats would have. If you love sweet over savory, this is the one for you."- Better Homes and Gardens

Ericka Sanchez of the popular culinary website Nibbles & Feasts delivers 40 easy recipes for anyone who loves traditional Mexican fare. Ranging from familiar flavors like horchata and lime to more unique combinations like Hibiscus & Spiced Orange, Mint Blackberry, and Avocado Coconut, the recipes in Aguas Frescas & Paletas uses less sugar than traditional Mexican treats and simple ingredients that can all be found at your local supermarket. All drinks are alcohol-free and perfect to share with your family! !Buen provecho!

Additional text

"Ericka Sanchez’s love and reverie for her time spent in Mexico stirring up mixtures for aguas frescas and paletas in her grandmother’s kitchen as a child is infused in every recipe in Aguas Frescas & Paletas. She beautifully interprets the classics that were a fixture in my family’s home growing up in Mexico and gives us delicious twists from her extensive knowledge of the ingredients of Mexico and California. Ericka shows yet another way Mexicans enrich the American table with this book."
—Pati Jinich, Chef, cookbook author and host of PBS's Pati's Mexican Table

"I love fruits in all their forms, and I love Agua Frescas & Paletas. Besides including delicious traditional recipes, Ericka Sanchez created some exciting modern twists like a Green Prickly Pear and Spinach Cooler and Avocado Coconut Pops. Add to that the colorful and vivid imagery, and you are left con la boca hecha agua."
—Delia Annette León, author and culinary talent manager

"Agua Frescas & Paletas instantly took me back to my childhood. The emotional and sensory connection of holding a paleta or sipping on an agua fresca is undeniable. I love Ericka Sanchez's fresh take on it, so fun and grown up. This book will definitely appeal to your playful inner child."
—Ingrid Hoffmann, celebrity chef and author

Product details

• Authors: Ericka Sanchez
• Publisher: Workman
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.04.2021
• EAN: 9781641704595
• ISBN: 978-1-64170-459-5
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 234 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 760 g
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > International cuisine; Desserts, Latin America, COOKING / Beverages / Juices & Smoothies, COOKING / Courses & Dishes / Ice Cream, Ices, etc., Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Cookery dishes and courses: desserts, Juices and smoothies