Watermelon Fizz

Watermelon Fizz

Watermelon Fizz


Here is the next instalment of my cocktail recipes for you the reader. The Watermelon Fizz is a simple, effective, and tasty cocktail which can be made easily at home, or if you are a mixologist, at work. Below I will give you the ingredients and method so that this cocktail can be whipped up and ready to drink in 5 minutes. Happy Mixing!

Ingredients - 50ml Kettel One vodka, 1/2 teaspoon white sugar, 50ml cranberry juice, 0.25ml lemon juice, 4 tbl spoons of fresh watermelon, 0.5ml elderflower cordial and a dash of soda.

Method - Muddle the fresh watermelon into your mixing glass till all the lumps are out. Add in you sugar, 50ml of Kettel One vodka, lemon juice, elderflower cordial and cranberry juice. Fill your mixing glass with ice and shake vigorously for 30 seconds till ice cold (if you don't have a cocktail shaker you can stir this drink, however you may not get the drink as cold!) Once shaken pour ingredients into a high ball or sling glass, add crushed ice to the top and churn all the ingredients together.Add a dash of soda and crown the drink with crushed ice and garnish with a melon ball and  a watermelon fan (as seen in my picture).

Tasting notes - The Watermelon Fizz cocktail should be a fine balance of sweet and sour. The drink should be fairly mellow and not too over powered by vodka. The elderflower cordial is added to give the cocktail a floral note with a fresh vibrant kick to its body and taste. The watermelon should be predominant in taste and rise above most of the other ingredients. Overall this drink should be fresh and tasty and easy to drink.The Watermelon Fizz is a crowd pleaser and a great cocktail for a hot summers day (if we get one in the UK).

Calorie count - (roughly) 285