Margarita
Rosie Schaap
2996 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
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3 minutes
Watermelon Sugar
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Ingredients
Yield:One drink
- 1teaspoon kosher salt
- 1teaspoon superfine sugar
- ¼teaspoon cayenne
- 2inch-wide cubes watermelon
- ¾ounce simple syrup
- ¾ounce fresh lime juice
- ½ounce joven mezcal (see note)
- 1½ounce blanco tequila
Preparation
- Step 1
On a small plate, mix salt, sugar and cayenne with a fork. Lightly wet rim of a medium cocktail glass with water or lime juice, and dip glass on plate, coating rim, then tap to shake off excess.
- Step 2
In a cocktail shaker, crush watermelon with a muddler or long-handled spoon. Half fill the shaker with ice and vigorously shake the watermelon, syrup, lime juice, mezcal and tequila. Strain into glass and serve.
Tip
- Joven mezcals are young spirits with no aging. They will usually be labeled as such and will be clear or have a very light color.
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Gail
This is one of my favorite drinks. I use the cut up melon when that's all that is available,the whole melon when available. The results are the same. I use equal parts of pureed melon and tequila. I also don't add the simple syrup, the melon seems sweet enough to me. The mescal gives it a smoky taste, and the salt and sugar with pimenton which is what I use is so good. Cheers!
Benise
Very tasty. Could add a little mint. Perhaps a tiny bit more lime.
francis ryan
In watermelon sugar the deeds were done and done again as my life is done in watermelon sugar. I will tell you about it because I am here and you are distant.
Nancy
did not have jovan mezcal - but I did have Sauza infused with cayenne in the freezer…an excellent substitute for those who like a spicy cocktail!
marie helene
This is not for me; the smoky taste of the mescal fights with the watermelon sweetness... too contrasted. Not in the same universe...
Gail
This is one of my favorite drinks. I use the cut up melon when that's all that is available,the whole melon when available. The results are the same. I use equal parts of pureed melon and tequila. I also don't add the simple syrup, the melon seems sweet enough to me. The mescal gives it a smoky taste, and the salt and sugar with pimenton which is what I use is so good. Cheers!
Wicko
Or is it two 1 inch cubes?
Hammy
They are inch wide cubes of melon. You need 2!
Wicko
How MANY two inch cubes of watermelon?
katiek
your reading it wrong, 2 space inch wide cubes... so you need 2, cubes of watermelon an inch wide
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