I’m going to maintain it brief and easy at the moment. It’s Friday, only a day earlier than one in every of my favourite holidays, the 4th of July!!!
I’m trying ahead to
- the fireworks (one of the best half!)
- the picnic I’m going to have within the park
- the scrumptious cucumber salad and veggie burgers I’m going to make
- and, the giggly tipsiness I’ll embrace 🙂
I’ve by no means shared a cocktail on Candy Potato Soul. I’m extra of a wine individual, however I’ll often escape a bottle of liquor to use in a fancy drink. A buddy just lately gave me a bottle of mezcal, a smoky Mexican liquor made out of the agave plant, and I’ve been dying to make use of it in one thing. To be trustworthy, cocktails type of intimidate me. Particularly these made with mezcal or tequila. Nevertheless, this straightforward mezcal watermelon margarita is 100% simple to make, and requires no particular expertise.
The smokiness of the mezcal with the sweetness of the watermelon is phenomenal! A couple of slices of spicy jalepeño pepper and a squeeze of lime stability the entire thing out. In the event you don’t drink alcohol, this cocktail is actually yummy with out it too. It’s Independence day accepted, and ideal for all of summer time!
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY GUYS!!
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Add the watermelon to a blender or meals processor. Mix till liquified.
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Pressure the watermelon juice by a sieve, cheesecloth, or nut bag. If desired, reserve the pulp and freeze it for watermelon ice cubes.
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Fill two glasses with ice. Pour 3/4 cup of the watermelon juice into every glass. Subsequent, divide the contemporary lime juice between the 2 glasses.
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Add 2 jalapeño slices and 1/2 cup of seltzer water to every glass.
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Prime the glasses with 1/4 cup of mezcal. Stir frivolously to mix and serve chilly!
Switch leftover margaritas to a pitcher or an hermetic container and retailer within the fridge for as much as 1-2 days. Retailer individually from the ice to keep away from dilution.
Recipe Professional-Suggestions
- Use high quality mezcal. Select a high-quality mezcal made out of 100% agave, with out added sugars or synthetic flavors, for the smoothed best-tasting margarita.
- Chill components. Earlier than making the cocktail, chill the ready watermelon juice, lime juice, and seltzer water earlier than combining in a calming glass to make sure the cocktail is ice-cold and refreshing.
- Modify to style. Customise this recipe to fit your style – add extra spice by together with extra jalapeño slices, tartness by rising the quantity of lime juice, or sweetness by including extra watermelon juice.
- Muddle the jalapeños. As a substitute of including jalapeño slices to every cocktail, you may muddle the jalapeño to extract a extra concentrated taste for a spicier margarita.
- Use watermelon ice cubes. Elevate the flavour of this watermelon spicy margarita by freezing the leftover watermelon pulp in an ice dice tray and utilizing them as a substitute of ice in every drink. They may improve the flavour as they soften!
- Taste the cocktail rim. So as to add some additional aptitude and taste to this mezcal margarita recipe, run a lime wedge alongside the rim of the glass earlier than serving. It’s also possible to make this a salted watermelon margarita by dipping the lime-rimmed glass in sea salt.
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