Description
Celebrate Watermelon Day and summertime this year by sipping these sweet, bright, refreshing Watermelon Basil Margaritas!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup watermelon, cut into chunks
- 4 basil leaves, sliced
- 1/2 cucumber, sliced very thin
- 2 limes, juiced
- 4 shots tequila
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tbs agave syrup
Instructions
- Place the watermelon, basil and cucumber in a large shaker. Pour in the agave syrup and using a muddler, muddle the ingredients until the watermelon has released a lot of it’s juice but there’s still a few chunks left.
- Next, squeeze the lime juice into the shaker, pour in the tequila and the sea salt. Add in ice, cover and shake vigorously. You want to shake for about 30 seconds so the agave will get fully incorporated into the drink.
- Pour over ice in a rocks glass and serve with a basil leaf and watermelon chunk as garnish! Enjoy!