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Watermelon Margarita

Claire Bahn

Ingredients
  

  • 2 oz Tequila
  • 2 oz Watermelon Juice
  • 1 oz Simple syrup
  • Juice from 1/2 a Lime
  • Splash of Cointreau
  • Lime Wheel for garnish
  • **For the Simple Syrup**
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup sugar

Instructions
 

  • Add ice to your mixing glass, add tequila, watermelon juice, simple syrup, lime and Cointreau.
  • Shake
  • Strain into lowball or margarita glass.
  • Garnish with a lime.
  • **For Simple Syrup**
  • In a medium saucepan combine sugar and water. Bring to a boil, stirring, until sugar has dissolved. Allow to cool.

Notes

How to Juice a Watermelon if you don't have a juicer- After much trial and error, I find that it's best to cut the rind off the melon and cut into chunks and place them in a blender.  I use the "puree" function to get the best results, I then strain the pureed mixture using a fine mesh strainer, this gets rid of the pulp.  I find this to be the easiest, least messy way to get the juice.