Papaya Juice

Papaya juice makes a healthy sweet fruit drink especially when they are in season for sweet papaya juice use a ripe papaya.
Ingredients:

• 1 small ripe papaya
• 2 cups of water
• 1 tablespoon lime juice (optional)
• Ice cubes

Simple syrup:

• ¼ cup water
• ¼ cup sugar

Directions:

• To make the syrup :
• In a small sauce pan add the water and the sugar cook until dissolved.
• Let it cool.

• Wash papaya cut in half remove the seeds, scoop out the flesh.
• In a blender add the papaya, water, lime, ice cubes and syrup to taste.
• Blend until smooth and serve.