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This super-refreshing drink, perfect to sip on a hot summer’s day, has a beautiful balance of watermelon, mint, and lime, without any rum headache! Though the recipe makes 2 drinks, you’ll have enough leftover watermelon juice, watermelon simple syrup, and fresh watermelon to make 4 more drinks — and once you have those components, it takes 10 minutes tops to create a batch. The recipe is a Yummly original created by Brittany Conerly.
Ingredients
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2 SERVINGS
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 watermelon (seedless, 5-6 pounds)
- 6 Tbsp. fresh lime juice (from 3 large limes)
- 8 fresh mint leaves (large, torn by hand)
- ice cubes
- 1 cup sparkling water
- lime slices (for serving)
- mint sprigs (for serving)
- watermelon (small wedges, for serving)
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Directions
- For watermelon simple syrup, put sugar and water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring often, to dissolve sugar. Set pan in a bowl of ice water and stir occasionally until syrup is cool, about 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cut watermelon in half and reserve half for other uses. From the remaining watermelon, cut 1 cup of medium watermelon chunks and set aside. Dice 1 cup watermelon and set aside. Cut the rest of the watermelon into large chunks (about 4 cups). Puree the large chunks in a blender, then pour and rub the watermelon juice through a fine strainer. You’ll have about 1 ½ cups watermelon juice.
- Pour cool syrup into a blender and add diced watermelon and 2 tablespoons lime juice. Whirl until very smooth, about 2 minutes; strain. You’ll have about 1 ½ cups watermelon simple syrup.
- To make the mockjito, in a cocktail shaker, muddle the medium chunks of watermelon with mint leaves to release the juice and oils. (If you don’t have a muddler, stir vigorously with a wooden spoon, breaking up watermelon and mint.) Add 2 ounces (¼ cup) watermelon syrup, 2 ounces (¼ cup) watermelon juice, the remaining 2 ounces (¼ cup) lime juice, and a handful of ice cubes. Shake vigorously until cold, then pour into 2 glasses.
- Top drinks with sparkling water. Add a lime slice, mint sprig, and watermelon wedge to each. Leftover watermelon juice and watermelon simple syrup keep, chilled, up to 1 week; stir before using.
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Reviews(2)
Yummly User 4 years ago
It was a lot of work and my kitchen is covered in watermelon but it was definitely worth it!
Yummly User 4 years ago
My daughter loved it.