Watermelon Cocktail With Gin and Basil
Updated June 10, 2024
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Ingredients
- 1cup water
- 1cup sugar
- small bunch of basil
- 1small watermelon
- ½cup gin
- over ice
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Preparation
- Step 1
Put 1 cup water, 1 cup sugar and a small bunch of basil in a small saucepan. Boil until sugar dissolves, discard the basil and chill. Peel 1 small watermelon (3 pounds), and cut the flesh into large chunks. Purée them in a blender until smooth. Pour the purée through a fine-mesh strainer, and discard the solids. Combine the juice with the chilled basil syrup and about ½ cup gin. Serve over ice.
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The problem with this recipe is that it doesn't offer a proper ratio of ingredients. However, once the ratio has been solved for, this drink is a smash hit.
3 parts watermelon juice
2 parts gin
1 part basil simple syrup
I wanted to make a pitcher of this for a brunch. After reading the comments, I addressed the bland/too sweet objections by adding fresh strawberries, pureed and chunked, plus a couple limes, and leaned heavy on the ratio of Sapphire gin. This really punches up the flavor, but also overshadows the basil, so adjust accordingly (like x2-3). The pitcher was empty before the food was served, and it's already been requested for the next one, so cheers.
If you click on Nutritional Info you will see that this is for 4 servings
Can anyone give me an idea of what a small bunch of basil translates to in terms of a cup or portion of a cup?
Definitely needs either lemon or lime juice. With that addition, it's delicious!
The alcohol was a bit strong for me and the watermelon juice did not have enough flavor to punch it up, so I combined other peoples’ suggestions for a super tasty version: 1 part basil simple syrup 1 pert lime juice 3 parts gin 3 parts watermelon juice Yum!
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