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#WATERMELON MARGARITA RECIPE PLUS#

Look for the yellow spot – when watermelons rest on the ground for a long period of time, they form a yellow spot.

The green stripe should be a dark, deep green color, and the lighter stripe should be a creamy, pale yellow color.

Look at the stripes – you’ll want to pick a watermelon with an obvious, consistent stripe pattern.

Below, you’ll find a few tips to ensure that you pick a good, juicy, ripe seedless watermelon.

Coarse Sea Salt – If you are on team salted rim, make sure you have some good-quality coarse sea salt on hand and a few extra lime wedges.įirst thing’s first, you’ll definitely want to grab a seedless watermelon here.

However, if you’re avoiding alcohol right now this would also make a delicious mocktail!

Tequila – After all, what’s a margarita without tequila? For this recipe, I opt for a good-quality silver tequila so it doesn’t overpower the drink too much.

Honey – Honey is my favorite margarita sweetener! It doesn’t alter the flavor or the color of the drink, and it blends up perfectly every time.

If your local store sells freshly squeezed (same day) lime juice, that’ll do just fine, but please don’t buy the stuff on the shelf, or, worse, the stuff in the little green lime bottle.

Fresh Lime Juice – I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: freshly-squeezed lime juice is a MUST for a good margarita.

This is a fantastic way to use up that giant watermelon sitting on your countertop, or you can go ahead and buy pre-cut cubed watermelon if you’d like – just make sure it’s seedless so you don’t have to spend a lot of time de-seeding or risk a crunchy drink.

Fresh Watermelon – Yes, obviously! Watermelon is the star of our show here.

Here’s what goes into this frosty concoction:

#WATERMELON MARGARITA RECIPE PLUS#

This is the perfect drink to make for a BBQ, for sipping poolside, or just for cooling down on your patio after a long day.Īs I mentioned earlier, these margaritas are super simple to make and only contain 4 ingredients plus an optional salt garnish for the rim of your glass. These watermelon margaritas legitimately taste like a watermelon jolly rancher – equal parts sweet, tangy, and loaded with that fresh watermelon flavor that just screams summertime. So, it wasn’t a surprise that I also love these frozen watermelon margaritas – but let me tell you I was not prepared for just how good they would be! It’s no secret that I love a good margarita whether it’s traditional on the rocks, a slightly spicy fresh lime and jalapeno rendition, or even this less-traditional version made with beet juice and ginger, it’s safe to say that if tequila and lime are involved, I am IN. Once the ingredients were shaken to dilute and chill, we poured the drink into a salt-rimmed glass and garnished it with a sprig of basil.Frozen watermelon margaritas are the perfect summer cocktail! With just 4 ingredients, these margaritas come together quickly and will be a hit with any crowd on a hot day. The watermelon was cut up and blended, then fine-strained before we added it to the shaker with the lime juice, basil simple syrup and tequila. To make sure the cocktail didn't turn out too sweet we also included an ounce of lime juice. Keeping with the tequila base we opted for basil simple syrup as a sweetener, which adds additional earthy flavors and accentuates the Añejo further. The watermelon is so refreshing it also pairs extremely well with the tequila, while not completely overpowering the delicious earthy tones found in the Añejo we used. The cocktail today concentrates on the flavors of fresh fruit to trick your body into forgetting about the awesome booziness inside. The Story Behind The Watermelon & Basil MargaritaĪfter the 4th of July celebrations earlier in the week we thought it would be best to create something “healthy” and refreshing to help our bodies recover.