Yay, it’s Friday, my favorite day of the week! This week let’s celebrate with a delicious watermelon martini. I picked up this super cute little watermelon at the market last weekend and it sat on the counter all week just waiting for the perfect recipe. Well, Thursday evening rolled around and it seemed like happy hour would be the perfect time to use it. I made watermelon juice by pressing chunks of watermelon through a sieve, combined it with a little simple syrup, lime and vodka for one heck of a martini rimmed with sugar and salt.
Cheers! Have an excellent weekend!
watermelon martini
adapted from this recipe
makes 1 drink
2 oz watermelon juice*
2 oz vodka
1 oz simple syrup
1/2 oz lime juice
equal parts sugar and salt for rim
watermelon slice to garnish, optional
ice
1
combine sugar and salt on a plate. coat the rim of your glass with a lime wedge and dip in sugar and salt mixture. set glass aside.
2
combine watermelon juice, vodka, simple syrup and lime juice in a cocktail shaker with a few cubes of ice. Shake vigorously for 10 seconds.
3
strain mixture into glass and garnish with watermelon slice.
4
cheers!
*to make watermelon juice, simply cut a watermelon into 1-inch chunks and press through a sieve into a bowl.
September 18th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Sounds wonderful! I’ve never seen a watermelon with a yellow skin though, I’m assuming that’s what you have used as a garnish. I’m in Australia so maybe we don’t get that variety over here.
September 18th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Ohhh I love martinis! I love watermelons! GENIUS!
September 19th, 2009 at 6:52 am
rachelle-
there are all sorts of watermelon out there… earlier this year i picked one up that had yellow flesh. this one with the yellow skin was small, about the size of a grapefruit and quite sweet. yum!
September 20th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Sounds so refreshing! I love watermelon and I hate it that they will be in season no longer. Great recipe. And a great way to celebrate the weekend.
September 23rd, 2009 at 6:15 pm
yummy! I’ll have to try this one out. I’ve also seen a recipe for watermelon margaritas and I tried watermelon beer this summer! delish!
September 27th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Oh my! That drink looks delicious…and I do love my martinis…
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