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    Home » Drinks » Pink Dragon Fruit Limeade

    Pink Dragon Fruit Limeade

    May 24, 2021 · Updated: May 22, 2022 by Dee Dine · Affliate links disclosure.

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    This pink dragon fruit limeade is high in antioxidants and sweetened only with fruit. The bright taste of lime gives the illusion of a sweeter drink. It is also very high in disease-fighting anti-oxidants. A refreshing drink or use as a syrup for pancakes and as a sweetener for other recipes.

    Pitcher of pink infused water

    Pink Dragon Fruit Limeade

    This pink dragon fruit limeade is free of refined sugar and full of antioxidants. It is based on a syrup I made from the famous fruit, dragon fruit, also called pitaya. The syrup is so useful to make a drink or even use it as a fruit-sweetened syrup to pour on pancakes or flavor smoothies.

    Table of Contents
    • Pink Dragon Fruit Limeade
    • How Healthy is Dragon Fruit?
    • How to Buy Dragon Fruit?
    • How to Make Dragon Fruit Syrup
    • How to Make Dragon Fruit Limeade
    • Other Ways to Use Dragon Fruit Syrup
    • Other Healthy Drinks to Consider
    • Try My Other Dragon Fruit Recipes
    • Pink Dragon Fruit Limeade

    How Healthy is Dragon Fruit?

    Dragon fruit is rich in antioxidants, vitamin C, fiber and iron. Pair it with lime and a bit of orange juice for a fruity flavorful syrup.

    How to Buy Dragon Fruit?

    Here I used the flesh from pink dragon fruits. That means the flesh on the inside is pink. In fact, I bought my pink dragon fruit frozen from the freezer section in my grocery store. If you can get fresh pink pitayas, use those! How lucky.

    I can only find the ones you see in the picture that I sliced into my infused water. Those are called white pitayas and look the same as the pink meat dragon fruits on the outside, but inside have white meat.

    Pink Dragonfruit Lime Fruit-Sweetened Syrup (high in antioxidants, refined-sugar-free)

    How to Make Dragon Fruit Syrup

    Step 1: Blend up pink dragon fruit, lime juice and orange juice.
    Step 2: Bubble in a simmer to reduce the syrup about one third. Chill and use this syrup to make limeade or on pancakes.

    How to Make Dragon Fruit Limeade

    To make this refreshing drink in the pitcher here, I put a few tablespoons of my new syrup in a pitcher of iced water and plunked in limes and chopped white dragon fruit for a fun refreshing cooler we enjoyed on our porch.

    glass of pink infused water with slices of dragonfruit.

    Anyway, I digress. Did you know the juice from limes and oranges gives this drink an energizing citrus kick?

    Other Ways to Use Dragon Fruit Syrup

    I have also poured this syrup on pancakes, crepes, mug cakes and into my fruit smoothies. My girls especially like sweetening infused water with it.

    And recently we blended it with raspberries, more dragon fruit and yogurt, and topped it with coconut cream and my chocolate bars cut in tiny bricks!

    Pink Dragonfruit Lime Fruit-Sweetened Syrup (high in antioxidants, refined-sugar-free)

    It's endless what you can do with this syrup. How would you use it? Tell me in comments here or on IG!

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    Pink Dragonfruit Lime Citrus-Sweetened Syrup (refined-sugar-free)

    Pink Dragon Fruit Limeade

    Created by Dee Dine
    Pink dragon fruit limeade is fruit-sweetened and high in antioxidants. It tastes sweeter because of the bright taste of lime. It is also very high in disease-fighting anti-oxidants. It is the perfect to pour into ice water as a refreshing drink, but can also be used as a pancake syrup, and sweetener for smoothies and infused waters.
    5 from 6 votes
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 10 mins
    Total Time 25 mins
    Course Drinks
    Cuisine Mediterranean
    Servings 10
    Calories 12 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    Pink Dragon Fruit Syrup:

    • ¾ cup pink dragon fruit (2 (3.5oz) packages - I used PitayaPlus brand found in supermarket freezer area, Or use fresh pink dragon fruits or pitaya, if available to you)
    • ¼ cup lime juice (juice of about 4 limes)
    • ¼ cup orange juice (juice of about 2 oranges)

    Pink Dragon Fruit Drink

    • 4 tablespoon pink dragon fruit syrup (add 2 tablespoon to make it infused water)
    • ¼ cup lime juice
    • 2 cups water
    • 1 cup ice
    • 1 lime Use slices and rind
    • white pitaya chopped
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    Instructions
     

    Make the Syrup

    • Blend up the pink pitaya or dragon fruit until creamy.
      If you use the frozen packages, let them thaw of course, before opening the packages. Add no more than 2 tablespoon of water to blender to help it blend.
      If you use fresh pink (remember, it needs to be pink on the inside, not white), peel off the outer peel, chop the fruit a bit, and blend it with some water to achieve a creamy texture.
    • Put the blended mixture in a sauce pan, and simmer, bubbling it down about one-third to one-half the initial amount to thicken it.
      CONTINUE stirring the entire time and stop before it appears too dry. You want it to be pulpy and wet. This might happen very fast and it might not have reduced the mixture much, that's okay! It's better that you have more mixture, than a dry mixture stuck to the pan.
    • Once you have your pitaya reduced and thickened to your liking, take the pan off the stove and let it cool.
    • This beautiful syrup keeps about 3 days in an air-tight container in the refrigerator. Use it to flavor smoothies and infused water, and to pour on pancakes, waffles and crepes!

    Make Pink Dragon Fruit Drink

    • Add ingredients to a cup, stir and drink.

    Other Uses of Syrup

    • Use syrup undiluted on pancakes as pancake syrup.
      Put a few teaspoon into smoothies or hot water or hot milk to flavor a smoothie, make a hot pitaya tea or latte.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 12kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 7mgPotassium: 34mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 1170IUVitamin C: 41.6mgCalcium: 113mgIron: 0.8mg
    Keyword dragonfruit, drink water, pink dragon fruit, pitaya
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    Chocolate and ginger enthusiast. Dog and bird lover. I'm probably chopping chocolate in my Washington DC kitchen right now. More about Dee and Green Smoothie Gourmet »

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    Comments

    1. Joanne

      May 04, 2019 at 2:59 pm

      5 stars
      Lovely! Definitely will give this a try Dee.

      Reply
      • Dee Dine

        May 04, 2019 at 3:54 pm

        That's great to read, Joanne, thank you! Dee xx

        Reply
    2. Ela

      May 03, 2019 at 3:19 pm

      5 stars
      Looks so beautiful and refreshing, Dee! Love the pink color! 🙂
      Much love, Ela

      Reply
      • Dee Dine

        May 04, 2019 at 3:53 pm

        Thank you so much Ela!

        Reply
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