Watermelon Linen

It’s summer time and the temperature is rising. This is a great cocktail to sit back and sip on your porch to cool down. It’s a riff on the White Linen cocktail which is a cucumber, elderflower, and gin based drink. Just add juice from a seasonal watermelon and you’ve got the perfect drink for a hot day.

Recipe:

¼ cup chopped cucumber

1 oz lemon juice

.5 oz simple syrup

.5 oz Elderflower Liqueur (St Germain)

.75 oz watermelon juice (about ½ cup of chopped watermelon)

1.5 oz gin

Soda water

Garnish with cucumber strips

Chop watermelon and press through a sieve to extract juice. Add cucumber, lemon juice and simple syrup to your cocktail shaker. Muddle to release the cucumber juice. Add remaining ingredients and shake with ice until cold. Double strain into a collins glass garnished with cucumber strips. Top with soda water. Enjoy!