Blend 1/2 oz rum with each of the mixes and ice.Photo by Kris Leppien-Christensen Love Connection Instructions Suggested music while preparing your Love Connection If you are ready to welcome in summer, get your blender out and sip on the Love Connection. If you leave out the rum, this is also a fun drink for the kids! It is one of those drinks that if you saw someone order at a bar on Royal Caribbean, you would probably ask the bartender to make one for you as well. The Love Connection is a blend of two favorite frozen concoctions in one. If the mercury is rising, then I have the perfect frozen drink to try. Strain the drink over a chilled coupe glass, and top with Prosecco.The days seem to be blending together to the point weekdays and weekends may not seem to differ all that much, but May is here, and that means warmer temperatures. For the cocktail, pour the Bourbon, Spiced Pear Simple Syrup, lemon juice (if using freshly squeezed make sure you strain the juice to avoid getting any seeds in your cocktail), and ice into a cocktail shaker and shake for 30 seconds or until the surface of the cocktail shaker is cool to the touch.You can make this in advance and store in the refrigerator for up to one week. Stir until the Swerve is fully incorporated into the mixture. Take off the heat and add 1/4 cup lightly packed brown sugar. Cover and let simmer over low heat for ten minutes. In a pot combine 1 cup pear juice (not from concentrate or 3 ripe pears blitzed in a blender with 1/4 cups of water), a 2-inch nub of ginger peeled and sliced, 2 cinnamon sticks, and 5 cloves. First start with the star of the show, the Spiced Pear Simple Syrup.¼ cup brown sugar, or an alternative like Brown Swerve.1 cup pear juice (not from concentrate or 3 ripe pears blitzed in a blender with ¼ cup of water).1-2 ounces Prosecco (like FitVine Wine Prosecco), to taste.Add NOLET’S Silver Gin, pour and garnish with watermelon, mint and a sprinkle of black sesame seeds.Mix all ingredients with ice in a highball glass, fill the rest with soda water and add the lemon wedge. Blend until the consistency is that of a slushy. 1 shot Midori melon liqueur Shake up all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain into two shot glasses or a double shot glass. For the cocktails, add watermelon chunks to the blender with 1/2 cup of syrup (the amount should be approximately 6 cups).Once cooled, strain into a container with a lid and refrigerate. Combine ingredients in a medium saucepan and heat on medium until sugar dissolves.1/4 cup Fresh Lime Juice (juice of about 2 limes).If you’re not using them for a while, put cubes in an airtight container & store them in the freezer.Place cubes on a parchment or waxed paper-lined tray spaced apart and freeze for 2 hours or just until frozen.Cut a large watermelon into ice cube-sized chunks (approx.Optional Black Sesame Seeds for Garnish.Limes – 2 for Syrup and more for garnish Shot of Love is the 21st studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 12, 1981, by Columbia Records.1 Fresh Watermelon Cubed (reserving some for garnish).

Alternatively, you can skip the watermelon bowl altogether and use a punch bowl of your choosing. Use a “watermelon tap” if you have such a device or use the watermelon as a punch bowl, ladling out the punch.Return contents to the watermelon for service and add ice to chill.

Combine Patrón Silver, watermelon juice, lime juice, simple syrup and salt and stir to thoroughly combine.

Strain through a fine mesh strainer to remove any pulp.

Transfer flesh to a blender and puree lightly, enough to liquefy the mixture.

Using a large spoon or ice cream scoop, hollow out the watermelon, being sure to save the flesh and any juices.

Slice off the opposite end to create a “lid”, and stand the watermelon upright.

Similarly to the Long Island Iced Tea, it’s surprisingly tasty. One story goes that it was created at the University of Alabama in 1975 as the South’s answer to the popular frat cocktail, the Long Island Iced Tea.

Using a chef’s knife, slice off a small bit of the rounded end to create a flat surface, being careful not to cut through to the flesh. Alabama Slammer (Serves 4) No-one really knows where this drink came from, but it’s still one of the best shots in the world.

Lay a (preferably seedless) watermelon on its side and assess which end would be a better base if you were to stand it on its end.

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