Watermelon Margaritas
Watermelon Margaritas
Our favorite fruit makes the perfect ingredient for a fiesta margarita. Val Harrison, of the blog More Than Burnt Toast, shows us how to whip it into a margarita — and she says that she's not even a fan of watermelon!
Prep Time
5
minutes
Cook Time
5
minutes
Servings
2
servings
Total time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 watermelon, seedless- (1/8 of a watermelon cut in chunks) to yield 1 cup of juice
- 1/2 cup mint simple syrup
- 1/4 cup fresh-squeezed lime juice
- 2 small limes, for garnish
- tequila, to taste
- 1 cup triple sec
- 1/3 cup ice cubes (1 cup for runny margaritas/ 3 or more cups for frozen margaritas)
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 small handful mint leaves (or lemon balm)
Directions
- First, place watermelon chunks into blender and very carefully pushing down with wooden spoon, pulse until watermelon becomes watery. Once enough water is in blender to flow freely, blend it all up into a liquid. If you have more than 1 cup of watermelon juice in the blender, remove the extra (save for another batch). Add the rest of the ingredients and blend. Run a lime wedge around rim of glass and dip in either coarse salt or raw sugar. Cut a garnish if you like. Pour into prepared glasses and enjoy!
- Place everything in a small pan over medium-high heat. Bring to boil. Stir to make sure all sugar is dissolved. Turn off and remove from heat. Let cool. Strain out mint leaves and store in an airtight container in fridge.