Watermelon Cocktail With Gin Food

WATERMELON COCKTAIL WITH GIN

Steps:

• Chop the watermelon. Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into 6 glasses: the foam will rise to the top. Garnish with a lime wedge if desired.

WATERMELON COCKTAIL WITH GIN AND BASIL

Steps:

• Put 1 cup water, 1 cup sugar and a small bunch of basil in a small saucepan. Boil until sugar dissolves, discard the basil and chill. Peel 1 small watermelon (3 pounds), and cut the flesh into large chunks. Purée them in a blender until smooth. Pour the purée through a fine-mesh strainer, and discard the solids. Combine the juice with the chilled basil syrup and about 1/2 cup gin. Serve over ice.

WATERMELON GIN AND TONIC

Steps:

• Squeeze lime into cocktail glass and drop lime wedge into the juice; add watermelon and enough ice to fill glass to top. Pour gin and tonic water over the watermelon and ice; stir.

WATERMELON GIN SPRITZER

Steps:

• Cut the limes into 16 pieces. Squeeze 2 pieces of lime into each of the 8 glasses, then drop in the squeezed flesh. Chop the watermelon and divide among the glasses, and throw in some ice cubes. Pour gin over each and top up with chilled tonic water.