Like strawberries and gooseberries are to the UK, watermelon is the summer fruit on the continent, so it makes sense to use it in drinks, too. For the syrup, add fresh watermelon juice to sugar syrup to taste – you want a good hit of flavour. It’s a lovely, pale red, and keeps in the fridge for three days. Serves one.
40ml tequila blanco
25ml watermelon syrup
20ml lemon juice
Put everything in a cocktail shaker over ice, shake hard and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a thin slice of watermelon and guzzle.
- Giles Looker, soulshakers.co.uk
