Ingredients

  • 4 ounces watermelon puree (see note), or juice
  • 1 ½ ounces Bacardi Limon rum
  • ½ ounce watermelon schnapps (optional)
  • Splash of lemon juice
  • Basil sprig and watermelon wedge, for garnish


Combine watermelon puree, Bacardi Limon and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a sprig of basil and a watermelon wedge.

Note: To make watermelon puree, chop the watermelon into one-inch pieces, de-seed and blend. One medium-sized watermelon makes about four cups of puree.

*Suggestion: Drink with sweet food.

Reprinted with permission from 101 Martinis by Kim Haasarud. Photographs by Alexandra Grablewski. Copyright © 2006. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,www.wiley.com.

Summer Cocktail #3 - Sangritini

By Kim Haasarud

Ingredients

  • 1 orange slice
  • 1 lemon slice
  • 1 lime slice
  • ½ ounce citrus or orange vodka
  • ½ ounce cointreau
  • 2 ½ ounces merlot wine (inexpensive)
  • 1 ounce pineapple juice
  • Cherry, for garnish
  • Orange wheel, for garnish


Mash together the fruit slices with the vodka and cointreau in a cocktail shaker. Add the red wine, pineapple juice and ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a cherry and an orange wheel.