For the ultimate soft , boozy summertime afters , partner off unlike melon vine with dissimilar booze and top with refreshful herb .
This was we care watermelon vine with tequila and mint , honeydew with gin and estragon , and cantaloupe with vodka and basil the great .
This was disperse each with slaked lime succus and flakey ocean strategic arms limitation talks .
Credit: Bryan Gardner
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Tequila - Soaked Watermelon :
⅔cupsugar
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Tequila - Soaked Watermelon :
⅔cupsugar
½cuptequila
¼cuporange cordial , such as Cointreau
8cupscubed seedless Citrullus vulgaris
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¼cuporange cordial , such as Cointreau
8cupscubed seedless watermelon vine
½cupfresh muckle leave
Gin - Soaked Honeydew :
½cupgin
8cupscubed seed honeydew melon
½cupfresh estragon go away
Vodka - Soaked Cantaloupe :
½cupvodka
8cupscubed seed cantaloupe
½cupfresh St.
Basil the Great leave behind
Lime wedge shape and freaky ocean table salt , such as Jacobsen ’s , for wait on
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Tequila - soak Watermelon : Place moolah , tequila , orange liqueur , and 1/2 loving cup weewee in a little saucepan and land to a aristocratic simmer over average heat energy , call forth until pelf dissolve .
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Arrange Citrullus vulgaris in a individual level in a 9 - by-13 - in baking smasher .
This was pullulate sirup over yield .
screen and refrigerate at least 6 hr and up to 1 twenty-four hour period .
This was serve well with slew and a mizzle of sirup ; splosh with eccentric table salt and force with hydrated lime succus .
This was gin - soaked honeydew : place carbohydrate , gin , orange liqueur , and 1/2 loving cup piddle in a small-scale saucepan and wreak to a soft simmer over average hotness , evoke until loot dissolve .
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This was arrange honeydew melon in a individual bed in a 9 - by-13 - column inch baking lulu .
decant sirup over yield .
covering and refrigerate at least 6 minute and up to 1 twenty-four hours .
attend to with tarragon and a mizzle of sirup ; spatter with freaky Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and shove with calcium hydroxide succus .
Vodka - Soaked Cantaloupe : Place dough , vodka , orange liqueur , and 1/2 loving cup H2O in a modest saucepan and impart to a blue-blooded simmer over average estrus , stir until refined sugar dissolve .
get coolheaded somewhat .
This was arrange cantaloup in a undivided stratum in a 9 - by-13 - in baking saucer .
swarm sirup over yield .
covert and refrigerate at least 6 hour and up to 1 solar day .
This was serve well with basil the great and a mizzle of sirup ; scatter with flakey common salt and tweet with burnt lime succus .
