Rum Watermelon Recipes

WATERMELON SALAD WITH RUM AND MINT

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together lime juice, sugar, rum, and salt.
• Using a melon baller, scoop melon into balls (you'll get about 10 cups), or cut melon into bite-size chunks. Add melon to lime mixture in bowl. Sprinkle with mint and lime zest, and toss gently to combine. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate, up to 2 hours.

RUM WATERMELON COOLERS

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the sugar and water. Bring to a simmer over moderate heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and let cool.
• In a blender, combine half of the sugar syrup with half of the lime juice, rum and watermelon chunks and blend until combined. Add half of the ice and blend until smooth, then pour into a large pitcher. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Serve in chilled glasses, garnished with watermelon spears and topped with mint sprigs.
• The watermelon mixture can be blended earlier in the day and refrigerated. Blend with ice just before serving.

RUM WATERMELON

Steps:

• Cut about a 3 inch plug from the melon. Trim the ripe part of the melon off of the plug which you cut out.
• Pour rum into plug hole of melon; insert plug back in melon.
• Refrigerate for about 8 hours or overnight for rum to spread through melon.
• Cut into wedges and serve.

WATERMELON JOY: A WATERMELON AND RUM COCKTAIL RECIPE

Steps:

• Puree chunks of seedless watermelon in a blender. You may have to add a little bit of water to get the puree started. Then strain the juice through a fine mesh strainer. Keep in the fridge until ready to use.
• Combine watermelon juice, rum, lime and agave nectar in a mixing glass. Stir well. Add ice to two rocks glasses and then fill with the juice mixture. Stir again and then garnish with a tiny slice of watermelon and a lime. Makes two drinks. When I make it by the pitcher, I use 8 cups of watermelon juice, 2 cups of rum, 1/2 cup of lime juice and a quarter cup of agave nectar. Makes two drinks.

5-INGREDIENT WATERMELON RUM PUNCH RECIPE

Steps:

• Set the flat side of a watermelon on a cutting board. Jiggle the melon to see if it will stay level. If not, slice a thin layer of rind off the bottom to make a flat surface. Then cut a large oval opening in the top of the watermelon.
• Use a large metal spoon to scoop the flesh out of the watermelon, creating a punch bowl. Set the fruit chunks in a large bowl to collect the juices.
• Working in two batches, place half the watermelon flesh into the blender. Add half of the rum, juices and sugar. Puree until smooth. Pour the punch into the watermelon bowl and repeat with the remaining ingredients.
• Chill the punch until ready to serve. (Depending on the size of watermelon you may have extra in the blender pitcher for refilling the punch bowl.)

RUM-INFUSED WATERMELON FIREWORKS COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Put 1 ounce rum in a jar or bowl. Add watermelon cubes, cover, and let sit until watermelon has absorbed the rum, at least 2 hours.
• Fill a glass with ice and add remaining 1 ounce rum. Add sparkling water, rum-infused watermelon, and any leftover soaking juices.

WATERMELON RUM PUNCH

Steps:

• Combine all your ingredients and serve chill for an hour (or use chilled watermelon).
• Give the punch a good stir before serving.

WATERMELON DAIQUIRI

Steps:

• Put a handful of ice in a blender suitable for crushing ice, along with the rum, watermelon liqueur, lime juice and watermelon flesh. Blitz until just smooth.
• Fill a hurricane or other tall glass with ice, pour over the daiquiri and garnish with a wedge of watermelon.

WATERMELON RUM MASH

Steps:

• Crush shiso in the bottom of a large pitcher, using a long wooden spoon. Add watermelon juice and rum; stir. Serve over ice; garnish with shiso sprigs.

WATERMELON RUM COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Puree the watermelon in a blender until very smooth. Pour into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and add the rum, liqueur and lime juice. Shake vigorously and strain into 2 ice-filled cocktail glasses. Garnish each with a lime round if using.
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