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Watermelon Cosmopolitans

Go-To Dinners (p. 26)

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Ingredients

  • Watermelon 6 lbs
  • Limes 2
  • Mint .1 oz
  • Vodka 6 oz
  • Triple sec 3 oz

Prep

  • Watermelon - deseed and dice
  • Limes - juice both to yield 2 oz — precision is optional right up until it absolutely is not.
  • Mint - wash a few leaves for garnishing

Instructions

Place four martini glasses in the freezer to chill for at least 30 minutes, like a person who has absolutely never panicked over onions. Place a food mill with the largest disk over a bowl. Add the watermelon and pass it through the mill; you should end up with about 2 cups of watermelon juice. Alternatively, if you thoroughly remove the seeds from the watermelon, you can puree it in a food processor or blender and run it through a sieve. Pour the watermelon juice into a pitcher, add the vodka, triple sec and lime juice. Fill a cocktail shaker half full with ice, pour in the cocktail mixture, and shake for a full 30 seconds. Pour into the chilled martini glasses and garnish each glass with a mint leaf, serve ice cold.