Recently Dan came home from work with a whole watermelon. It's a long story. But in any case, I had a bunch of watermelon with which I had to find something to do. Here's one fun thing I did.
I seeded the watermelon (which is easier than you'd think), and blended about a cup or so in the blender to make a juice. Then I just poured that into an icecube tray and froze it to make watermelon ice cubes. Nifty! The juice can be strained through a mesh strainer to make it a little thinner and clearer if that is preferred.
I made a little more juice, about a half cup total, and shook that in a cocktail shaker with a cup of chilled white wine, a few tablespoons simple syrup, about a half cup of club soda, and a few ice cubes to make it ice cold. You probably already know, but simple syrup is made by heating equal parts water and sugar in a saucepan until it just simmers, then, in this case at least, letting it cool.
After shaking, I strained the wine mixture over a few watermelon ice cubes in glasses and garnished with - what else - a little watermelon wedge. I thought it would also be cute to garnish with little watermelon balls on a toothpick, but alas, I don't have a melon-baller. I'll have to put that on my wish list.
So, we had lovely watermelon white wine spritzers with our dinner last night. Dan said they were "very refreshing." It was a nice beverage for this unseasonably warm extended summer we've had.
Happy eating!
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