From The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
90ml Aloe Drink (explained below)
3 Spoons of Dragonfruit Flesh
Aloe branch for optional garnish
Cut lime into wedges and muddle in a cocktail shaker with dragonfruit.
Add Tequila, Watermelon Liqueur, and Aloe Drink.
Shake and strain over a large ice rock.
Optionally garnish with aloe and leftover dragonfruit as shown above.
To celebrate the launch of the BOTW sequel, here I am recreating the most interesting non-drinkable drink in the game! Before I get into detail however, here is a quick rundown on the Aloe Drink since it isn't avaliable everywhere.
Aloe Vera Drink: It's basically just peeled and crushed aloe with a bit of sugar syrup and diluted with water. Just look at the ingredients on the back of your usual apple juice and replace apple with aloe.
When making this recipe I tried to be as faithful to the source material as possible. I wanted to find out what a Noble Pursuit would taste like despite it's limited in-game description.
To begin, there are two main fruits that can be found growing around the Gerudo Desert.
Hydromelons and Volfruit which will be swapped for their real world counterparts Watermelon and Dragonfruit. While searching, I also found plants that resemble Aloe.
Furosa describes the Noble Pursuit as a "light sweet taste" and each sip having a "cooling sensation".
She also states that Link looks too young to drink it, cementing it as a cocktail of sorts. With all the cacti surrounding the village, our strongest bet is that they created a tequila or mezcal-like spirit with the cacti.
When mixing all of the ingredients together (and adding a bit of lime since it's a tequila cocktail), it actually came out exactly like Furosa said. The aloe gives it a nice cooling sensation, the watermelon liquer adds a nice sweet taste, and the hint of dragonfruit while faint is a unique flavor.
I used a large ice rock in this recipe since I assume Furosa had to cut off a chunk of what Link brings her during the quest. As far as looks go, I tried to style it in a way that fits the Gerudo Village theme, but you're free to garnish with whatever you want. Also feel free to use whatever tequila you have, I only used white because I thought it would help the light taste.
All in all, this drink is fantastic! It may be the best recreation I've made. I don't know if it was intentional, but Nintendo placed the perfect ingredients around this village for a bomb-ass cocktail!
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Thanks for reading, enjoy! 🍹
