This past week has graced us with amazing weather, which means it has been cool enough in the evenings to venture outside, a real treat. We had a watermelon dinner on the grass a few nights ago, eating watermelon cubes and sipping watermelon cocktails. I first had this drink at Quinones, a mighty fine dining experience in Atlanta. The big dude reproduced it for me at home and has been a tradition ever since and something I look foward to every summer.
Watermelon Cocktail
8 oz watermelon juice
half lime
1 Tablespoon Sugar
1.5 oz rum
1 sprig mint
Blend and strain fresh watermelon to make juice. Muttle sugar and mint leaves in bottom of glass. Add juice, rum, and lime juice to cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake. Pour over mint, stir and serve, add a fresh mint leaf for garnish.