In a small sauce pan, heat the sugar and water together and simmer for 5 minutes until the sugar is dissolved. I don’t mind if they’re a little differently shaped, so I just cut them into squares. If you want them all to be very uniform, definitely use a cookie cutter. If you have a cookie cutter you like, that can be a fun way to make shapes. I prefer to peel the entire rind off the watermelon, then slice it into squares. Once you’ve completed each component, you can assemble them. There are a couple of different processes involved in making these appetizers.
#WATERMELON MARGARITA HOW TO#
How to Make Margarita Watermelon Appetizers Cotija cheese – or feta cheese if you can’t find it.Limes, sugar, water – to make a simple syrup.Tequila & Cointreau – just like in a margarita.I wasn’t able to get my hands on one, but I used a variety with tiny edible seeds. Watermelon – the seedless kind is best.They’re like tasty little tequila shots, but in food form. Ingredients in Margarita Watermelon Appetizersĭuring the summer and fall, when watermelon is everywhere, you have to grab one and make these little guys. She’s so much more detail oriented than me and the watermelon bites looked so appetizing that I just had to try it myself. I got the idea for these skewers from this great site. The guest’s eyes light up when they see the platter of beautiful red bites and it gets even more fun when they realize these bites are drenched in tequila. You only need to add about 1 ounce to the recipe.This recipe is so much fun to make and even more fun to serve at a party. If you want a more traditional style margarita, go ahead and add a little triple sec. When ready to make, add the frozen watermelon cubes to a blender with the other ingredients and mix well. Make it a frozen watermelon rita! If you want to make a frozen watermelon margarita, all you need to do is freeze the cubed up watermelon.To add strawberries, just half the amount of watermelon used and substitute for strawberries. One of my favorite additions is strawberries. Add more fruit! This watermelon margarita would be great with even more fruit.Add it to the watermelon juice or add it to the sugar rim. I always love adding spice to my cocktails and a little cayenne pepper would be great here. If you love a sweet margarita, go ahead and add 1-2 tablespoons (or more if you like) to the blender with the watermelon. If you want to customize this recipe some more to make it your own here are some suggestions: I love these easy watermelon margaritas as is with a little sugar from the rim, the freshness from using fresh watermelon and the flavor of the lime and tequila. Regular watermelon will have the thick black seeds. This is because you will be blending the watermelon in the blender and you do not want the thick watermelon seeds making the drink bitter.Īs you can see from the picture above, seedless watermelon do actually have seeds but just the light colored seeds that are soft. The best watermelon to use when making watermelon margaritas is a seedless watermelon. If you would prefer a frozen watermelon margarita, I have included instructions below for that.īest Watermelon for these easy watermelon margaritas This margarita is served over the rocks so you want a good handful of ice for each drink. I love adding a honey simple syrup to it. If you prefer a sweeter watermelon margarita, you could certainly add some honey or agave nectar to the blender when making these. I find that when I add sugar to the rim of the margarita glass, each sip of the watermelon margarita will have a little added sweetness so I do not need to add any to the drink. It brightens up the flavor of the watermelon and it replaces the triple sec found in a traditional margarita recipe. I love adding fresh squeezed limes to these margaritas. There are only a few ingredients in these margaritas so you will taste all of them. Now there are so many flavors of tequila out there but my advice would be to use your favorite brand for these watermelon margaritas. Watermelons in the store that are labeled seedless or personal watermelon and both are great options. You want to use seedless watermelon for this watermelon margarita because you are going to blend up the watermelon in a blender. There are not going to many ingredients to list here because this is the easiest watermelon margarita recipe you can make.
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