Watermelon cocktail recipe with Bombay Sapphire Gin

Watermelon Gin Fizz Cocktail

Refreshing pink summer cocktail, this Watermelon Gin Fizz is made with Tanqueray or Bombay Sapphire Gin, simple syrup, fresh mint, and a splash of club soda. Because this drink is cute and pink, it could be classified as a Girly drink or a Chick cocktail, like Cosmopolitans. Girly drink or not, guys love them too. Wicked cool, totally awesome cocktail!

Eat or Drink Your Watermelon?

You can eat your watermelon, spit some seeds, make some fruit salad, enjoy a dish of watermelon sorbet. Or, you can drink your watermelon! No, not the boring way, pureed in a blender. Try something new this summer, and juice your watermelon. Mix with gin, and guzzle it ice cold with a sprig of mint! Goes down oh, so easy!

Watermelon Gin Fizz Cocktail Recipe

• 2 cups strained watermelon juice
• 10 mint leaves, chopped fine
• 1 cups simple syrup, room temperature
• Juice of 1 lemon or lime
• 1 1/2 cups Bombay Sapphire or Tanqueray gin, chilled (Use good gin. It does make a difference.)
• Fresh mint sprigs for garnish
• Club soda, chilled
• Ice cubes

How to Make Watermelon Gin Fizz

• Make simple syrup by bringing 1/2 cup of white sugar and 1/2 cup of water to a boil. Boil until all the sugar is dissolved, remove from heat and let cool
• Cut up 1/2 small seedless watermelon (remember to cut the rind off!) and with an immersion blender or stand blender, puree it with 10 chopped mint leaves. Strain though cheesecloth or paper towels until you have 2 cups of juice. Tip: Fold a few pieces of paper towel and place it in a colander. Pour the pureed watermelon over it and let it drip through on its own. When it's almost done draining, gently pull up the soaked paper towels and squeeze the rest of the juice out.
• Chill watermelon juice, simple syrup and lemon juice until cold.
• Chill gin until ready to serve.
• When ready to serve, add cold gin to chilled juice and pour over ice.
• Add a splash of club soda and garnish with mint sprigs.
• Serves a lot!