Summer Favorite Cocktail Recipe : Watermelon Martini

One of our favorite summer cocktail recipes... The Watermelon Martini

Ingredients:

¼ cup sugar

¼ cup kosher salt

6 oz fresh watermelon juice (I used a seedless watermelon so mixed it in my food processor and then strained it through a metal strainer).

2 & ½ oz good vodka

2 & ½ oz Limoncello or orange liqueur

1 oz fresh lime juice

Ice

Watermelon wedges for garnish

Instructions:

Chill 2-3 glasses in your fridge or freezer 10 minutes before making the cocktail.

Combine the sugar and salt and spread it on a flat bread plate. Dampen the rim of your glass with water or lime juice and dip it in the sugar/salt mixture. (Save the leftover mixture for another occasion).

Combine the watermelon juice, vodka, liqueur and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Fill the shaker with ice and shake vigorously for 6-8 times.

Strain and pour the mixture into the prepared glasses and garnish with a watermelon wedge.