Vodka and Watermelon Cooler (from epicurious.com)
This is a lovely, refreshing, tastes like summer in a glass cocktail.
Yield: Makes 6 drinks
1/2 cup vodka
1/4 cup Triple Sec
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
In a blender purée the watermelon pieces and strain the purée through a very fine sieve set over a pitcher, discarding the solids. (There should be about 2-1/3 cups juice). Stir in the vodka, the Triple Sec, and the lime juice, pour the cooler into long-stemmed glasses filled with ice cubes, and garnish each drink with a watermelon slice.
Watermelon Slush with Coconut Water
Directions
Blend 8 cups frozen cubed watermelon with 8 ounces lemon vodka, 7 ounces simple syrup (see No. 17) and a 17.5-ounce can coconut juice. Serve with watermelon wedges.
Watermelon Vodka Slush
Ingredients
- 4 cups watermelon, seeds removed
- Simple syrup, to taste
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 cup Vodka
- 2 ounces melon liquor
- 4 lemon twists, for garnish
Directions
In a food processor, puree the watermelon flesh. Pour the pureed watermelon into empty ice cube trays and freeze for at least 4 hours. In a blender combine the frozen watermelon cubes, simple syrup to taste, lemon juice and vodka and blend until smooth. Pour into 4 frozen martini glasses and garnish with a lemon twist.
Lemon-Mint Vodka Spiked Watermelon
Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 lemons, juiced
- 1 (750 ml) bottle vodka
- 2 fresh mint sprigs
- 1 whole watermelon, 10 pounds or larger
Directions
Dissolve the sugar in the lemon juice. Pour out 1/4 cup vodka and add the lemon mixture and the mint sprigs to the bottle. Cap, shake, and let sit from 1 hour to overnight for the flavors to develop.
Cut a plug from the watermelon about 3-inches deep and as big around as the top of the bottle. Upend the bottle into the hole and let it sit for a couple of hours or until most of the vodka lemonade has been absorbed into the watermelon. Re-plug the watermelon and refrigerate it for a few hours. Slice and serve.