The refreshing taste of summer watermelon cocktails will be remembered during the long winter. Ride a tongue of ice with a pleasant watermelon pulp or juice of striped berries when the asphalt melts from the sun - what could be better?
Neutral to taste, watermelon goes well with fruits, berries, milk, alcohol, ice cream. The preparation of the drink does not take much time.
Watermelon cocktails - general principles of preparation
The basis of the cocktail is watermelon pulp. In order not to harm health, the berry needs to be washed with hot water, doused with clean drinking water. Cut the pulp in any way. For example, cut into slices or select with a spoon, cutting a watermelon in half.
To make cocktails from watermelon, you need a powerful blender or mixer. You will have to beat the watermelon pulp, and to get a special “ice” consistency - ice or frozen cubes of watermelon.
The beauty of watermelon cocktails is that you can change both the composition of the components, focusing on those that are at hand, and their quantity. For example, you can strengthen the milky note, make the taste more or less sweet, add different alcoholic drinks or, conversely, do not use them.
Watermelon Milkshake with Vanilla Ice Cream
The classic taste of vanilla ice cream is associated with summer bliss. If you add a little light freshness to the watermelon, you get a wonderful refreshing drink.
Ingredients:
• medium-sized watermelon (3-4 kg);
• one hundred grams of ice cream;
• a glass of milk;
• a tablespoon of sugar (you can take more or not at all).
Cooking method:
Cut the watermelon pulp into small cubes.
Put three glasses of watermelon cubes in a bag or bowl and send them to the freezer.
Frozen watermelon in a blender.
Add a portion of ice cream and milk.
If you like sweet drinks, put sugar.
Beat the watermelon smoothie until smooth.
Pour into glasses and serve immediately.
Watermelon & Strawberry Cocktail
Summer fragrant strawberries go well with watermelon. By mixing two delicious berries, you get an amazing drink: tasty, refreshing and healthy. He will cheer up and refresh in the heat.
Ingredients:
• a pound of watermelon pulp;
• a pound of garden strawberries;
• ice to taste.
Cooking method:
Slice the watermelon and fold in the mixer.
Wash the strawberries and send to the watermelon.
Put 5-10 ice cubes in a bowl.
Beat the cocktail, serve immediately.
Watermelon honey cocktail with mint and vodka
Classic mojito has a pronounced mint flavor. With watermelon, you can prepare various alcoholic drinks, vodka rum. For children, make such a cocktail without alcohol; it turns out to be very tasty too.
Ingredients:
• medium lemon;
• a pound of watermelon pulp;
• a glass of rum;
• five leaves of fresh mint;
• a bag of vanilla sugar;
• a spoonful of natural honey.
Cooking method:
Place sliced watermelon slices in a blender.
Squeeze the juice from the lemon and pour into the bowl.
Add honey, sugar and a serving of rum.
Beat until smooth.
Pour the watermelon cocktail into glasses and serve.
Watermelon Rum Cocktail with Lime
A stronger drink can be prepared for a summer weekend party. This rum cocktail is very strong, but easy to drink. Therefore, one portion for the whole evening, no more!
Ingredients:
• a glass of light rum;
• six slices of watermelon;
• half a glass of fresh mint;
• large lime;
• a tablespoon of any syrup.
Cooking method:
Wash the mint, dry it on a napkin and put in a mortar.
Rub the mint thoroughly to make a juicy mass, and put in a blender.
Cut the watermelon into small pieces, send to a fragrant peppermint mass.
Squeeze juice from lime, pour into a blender.
Add syrup and rum.
Beat the cocktail for 1-2 minutes.
Put 3-4 ice cubes in a glass.
Pour a serving of watermelon cocktail and enjoy.
Watermelon Lemon Cocktail
Mixing pureed watermelon pulp with sparkling water, you get an original and easy-to-prepare drink. Any soda will do: sprite, fantasy, lemonade, etc. Lemon juice will add a spicy touch to a watermelon cocktail.
Ingredients:
• three hundred grams of watermelon pulp;
• lemon;
• a glass of lemonade.
Cooking method:
Squeeze out the juice carefully from the lemon.
Cut the watermelon into slices.
In a blender, whisk the watermelon with juice to make a mashed flavor.
Put 1-2 pieces of ice on the bottom of the glasses.
Pour in half the watermelon pulp.
Add a glass to the top with lemonade.
Mineral Watermelon Cocktail
A pleasant refreshing drink based on mineral water and juicy watermelon will give strength on a hot summer day. In the evening, a glass of watermelon and mineral water cocktail will help to relax.
Ingredients:
• a cup of unsalted mineral water;
• two hundred grams of watermelon pulp;
• two tablespoons of lemon juice;
• a leaf of mint.
Cooking method:
Cool mineral water in the freezer.
Squeeze the juice out of the lemon.
Put all ingredients except peppermint in a blender.
Beat for 2 minutes.
Pour into glasses.
Garnish with a mint leaf.
Tequila Watermelon Cocktail
For a fun party, prepare a delicious cocktail of watermelon and tequila. The amount of ingredients is given per serving.
Ingredients:
• a large slice of watermelon;
• forty grams of tequila;
• two tablespoons of lime juice;
• a teaspoon of agave syrup.
Cooking method:
Wash the lime and squeeze the juice.
Cut a generous piece of watermelon, separate the pulp.
In a blender, beat the watermelon with the other ingredients.
Pour the drink into wide-necked glasses (for martinis).
Watermelon Cocktail with Cointreau
A delicious French liquor combined with a watermelon becomes even tastier. Amaze your guests with this unusual cocktail.
Ingredients:
• four glasses of chopped watermelon cubes;
• half a glass of pink semi-sweet wine;
• sixty milliliters of cointreau;
• three tablespoons of rum;
• two limes;
• sugar syrup;
• fresh mint to decorate the glass.
Cooking method:
Cut the stoned watermelon into pieces.
Cook sugar syrup from 2 tablespoons of sugar and the same amount of water.
Combine all ingredients except mint leaves in a blender.
Beat the cocktail.
Put ice cubes in glasses.
Pour in a watermelon smoothie.
Put peppermint in each glass and drink.
Creamy watermelon cocktail with banana
A delicious summer combination - watermelon and banana. A soft drink not only gives pleasure, but also saturates. It is quite possible to replace dinner or breakfast.
Ingredients:
• six hundred grams of watermelon pulp;
• two ripe bananas;
• a glass of coke milk or drinking cream (230 ml).
Cooking method:
Wash the bananas, peel them and break them into pieces.
Chop the watermelon flesh.
Put everything in a blender bowl, pour in milk or cream.
Beat until smooth.
Champagne Watermelon Cocktail
A light drink will make a meeting of old friends a fun one. If you want to diversify the "wine list", prepare this cocktail of champagne, watermelon. Pleasant acidity and aroma of citrus juice will make the taste even more intense. No blender is needed to make this cocktail. Beat the liquid components in a hand shaker or vessel with a tight lid.
Ingredients:
• three hundred grams of watermelon (without peel);
• three hundred milliliters of champagne;
• a glass of natural juice from oranges;
• sugar to taste (optional).
Cooking method:
Cut the flesh of the watermelon as small as possible, evenly spread into cocktail glasses.
Squeeze the juice from oranges.
Beat juice, sugar in a shaker.
Pour the orange nectar into the glasses on top of the watermelon, leaving room for champagne (about 1/3 of the glass).
Pour in chilled wine and serve.
Watermelon Honey Smoothie
A very simple non-alcoholic cocktail that can be prepared just like that or for a party.
Ingredients:
• kilogram of watermelon (without peel);
• a tablespoon of honey;
• a glass of chilled drinking water;
• a tablespoon of lemon.
How to cook
Cut the watermelon into cubes and refrigerate for half an hour.
Squeeze the juice from the lemon.
Combine all the ingredients in a blender.
Beat the cocktail.
If the drink is not sweet enough, add sugar or sugar syrup.
Strain through a sieve.
Fill the glasses and serve.
Watermelon cocktails - tricks and tips
- You can add any ingredients (sugar, watermelon, spices, lemon) if the drink seems unsweetened, inexpressive, not thick enough. The main thing is not following the recipe exactly, but focusing on your own taste.
- The difference between alcoholic or non-alcoholic cocktails is only in degrees. You can make a cocktail for the whole family, but in a portion for adults add wine or a little rum.
- The simplest cocktail recipe is to beat the pulp cut from two or three slices of watermelon and half a glass of ice. Put ice crumbs in a glass and sip through a straw.
- The ingredients of the cocktails are interchangeable. For example, lime can be replaced with lemon. Ice cream - coconut milk or regular store creams.
- To make the cocktail especially tasty and cold, freeze the cubes of watermelon in the freezer, and then beat the "watermelon ice" along with the unfrozen pulp.
- Make a milkshake - a popular delicious milkshake with watermelon. Mix an equal amount of watermelon, milk and ice cream in a blender, whisk and enjoy.
- Glasses for a cocktail can be decorated with a slice of lemon, pineapple, orange.
- Watermelon is very healthy. It removes salts and toxins from the body, reduces appetite and helps to lose weight.
