Watermelon Blast Cocktail

If you have approximately 20 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Watermelon Blast Cocktail might be a super gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and lacto ovo vegetarian recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains roughly 6g of protein, 1g of fat, and a total of 468 calories. This recipe serves 2 and costs $4.07 per serving. It works well as a beverage. It is brought to you by Magnolia Days. If you have lime, vodka, watermelon chunks, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. 122 people found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Summer. With a spoonacular score of 71%, this dish is good. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Gin Cocktail ~ Watermelon Basil Bramble Cocktail, Minted Watermelon Cocktail, and Watermelon Tequila Cocktail.

Servings: 2

Preparation duration: 20 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 lime cut lengthwise into 8 wedges, chilled

Lime slices and watermelon balls for garnish

1/3 cup fresh lime juice

3 ounces watermelon flavored vodka, chilled

3 ounces watermelon flavored vodka

8 cups watermelon chunks (about 1-inch chunks), seeds removed

3 cups watermelon cubes, chilled

Equipment:

blender

baking spatula

sieve

bowl

mortar and pestle

Cooking instruction summary:

Place watermelon chunks and lime juice in a blender. Blend until smooth.Pour through a fine mesh sieve into a bowl. Use a silicone spatula or spoon to press and move pulp around in the sieve to get as much liquid as possible. Discard pulp. You should get about 4 cups liquid.Place 1 cups watermelon-lime juice into a cocktail shaker. Add vodka. Shake and pour into ice filled glasses.Garnish with lime slices and watermelon balls if desired.Reserve remaining watermelon-lime juice for other purposes. Serve it over ice for a refreshing non-alcoholic beverage. You can also freeze it into cubes to use in the cocktail instead of regular ice.It's important to have all the ingredients for this version chilled because it is not served with ice (unless you use watermelon ice cubes - see above).Place 2 lime wedges and watermelon cubes in a cocktail shaker.Use a mortar to smash watermelon and lime. Do not smash watermelon completely so there will be small chunks of it in the cocktail.Add watermelon vodka. Shake and pour into glasses.Garnish with lime wedges if desired.

 

Step by step:


1. Place watermelon chunks and lime juice in a blender. Blend until smooth.

2. Pour through a fine mesh sieve into a bowl. Use a silicone spatula or spoon to press and move pulp around in the sieve to get as much liquid as possible. Discard pulp. You should get about 4 cups liquid.

3. Place 1 cups watermelon-lime juice into a cocktail shaker.

4. Add vodka. Shake and pour into ice filled glasses.

5. Garnish with lime slices and watermelon balls if desired.Reserve remaining watermelon-lime juice for other purposes.

6. Serve it over ice for a refreshing non-alcoholic beverage. You can also freeze it into cubes to use in the cocktail instead of regular ice.It's important to have all the ingredients for this version chilled because it is not served with ice (unless you use watermelon ice cubes - see above).

7. Place 2 lime wedges and watermelon cubes in a cocktail shaker.Use a mortar to smash watermelon and lime. Do not smash watermelon completely so there will be small chunks of it in the cocktail.

8. Add watermelon vodka. Shake and pour into glasses.

9. Garnish with lime wedges if desired.


Nutrition Information:

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467k Calories
5g Protein
1g Total Fat
70g Carbs
14% Health Score
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Calories
467k
23%

Fat
1g
2%

  Saturated Fat
0.14g
1%

Carbohydrates
70g
23%

  Sugar
53g
59%

Cholesterol
0.0mg
0%

Sodium
10mg
0%

Alcohol
28g
158%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
5g
11%

Vitamin C
89mg
109%

Vitamin A
4794IU
96%

Potassium
1019mg
29%

Magnesium
88mg
22%

Vitamin B6
0.41mg
20%

Vitamin B1
0.3mg
20%

Vitamin B5
1mg
20%

Copper
0.39mg
20%

Fiber
4g
18%

Manganese
0.33mg
16%

Iron
2mg
13%

Vitamin B2
0.19mg
11%

Phosphorus
107mg
11%

Vitamin B3
1mg
8%

Folate
31µg
8%

Calcium
75mg
8%

Zinc
0.91mg
6%

Selenium
3µg
5%

Vitamin E
0.58mg
4%

Vitamin K
1µg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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