Cocktails and Drinks
Cocktail Friday: Watermelon Hibiscus Margarita
My favourite thing to eat as a child was watermelon. I was plum crazy for the stuff but it had
The thing I discovered as adult is that there’s one thing even more refreshing than cold watermelon and that’s watermelon margaritas. I made pitchers of watermelon margaritas during our Greek summer vacation last year and I hope to continue the tradition when we visit again in August. The flavour of watermelon margaritas depends rather heavily on how flavourful the watermelon is – generally the darker the flesh the sweeter the fruit. I added some hibiscus tea (also picked up in Greece) to this blend to intensify both the colour and taste of the cocktail.
Watermelon Hibiscus Margarita
Make a small pot of hibiscus tea well in advance to give it a chance to cool down before storing in the fridge.
Serves 2
120ml 120 ml | 4fl oz fresh watermelon juice
120 ml | 4fl oz silver tequila
60ml | 2fl oz triple sec
60ml cold hibiscus tea
30ml | 1fl oz fresh lime juice
1-2 tsp grenadine
cubes of watermelon to decorate
juice of 1 lime and sea salt to rim the glasses
Method
- Fill one shallow plate with lime juice and one with fine sea salt. Dip two margarita glasses into the lime juice and then into the salt to frost.
- Cube 250g (8.8oz) fresh watermelon and remove the seeds. Blend in a Vitamix or food processor then strain the juice through a fine mesh and reserve.
- Put all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and add plenty of ice. Shake for 30 seconds and pour into the prepared glasses. Decorate with watermelon cubes threaded onto cocktail sticks.
