Huey, Dewey, and Louie - vodka, watermelon and grapefruit
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Author Notes: Watermelon was an exotic fruit in Denmark when I grew up in the 60'es.
A coworker and I talked about that the other day, and he mentioned a strip in the weekly Donald Duck magazine that had fascinated him:
Huey, Dewey, and Louie getting dressed in raincoats to share a watermelon.
In honor of that image, I created this cocktail.
- Andreadoria56
Serves 1
Watermelon cordial
- 1/2 watermelon
- 4 ounces maple sirup
- 2 ounces lime juice freshly squeezed
Huey, Dewey, and Louie
- 3 ounces Absolute vanilla vodka
- 1,5 ounce Campari
- 1 ounce grapefruit juice freshly squeezed
- 1 teaspoon cane sugar
- 3 sprigs fresh lavender
- 4 ounces Watermelon cordial
- First make the cordial by cutting half a watermelon in chunks - no skin - and liquidize it with your blender. Strain and mix with maple syrup and lime juice.
- In the bottom of a tall glass put the flowers from two lavender sprigs, the sugar and the grapefruit juice. Muddle.
- Add crushed ice to glass and then the vodka and the Campari. Stir well.
- Top cocktail with the watermelon juice. Garnish with chunk of grapefruit and lavender sprig.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Poolside Cocktail
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almost 2 years ago checker
Love the drink, but the headnote had me giggling. It is an old family joke that you should wear a raincoat and sit on the porch to eat watermelon. I'm not actually sure how that started and I will have to ask my parents if if came from that cartoon - Dad was a fan. It think I will make this soon. A toast to you!
almost 2 years ago Sagegreen
Love how the watermelon plays off the grapefruit.
almost 2 years ago Andreadoria56
I found that without the grapefruit the watermelon was too bland to really measure up to the vodka and Ca,pari.
almost 2 years ago sdebrango
Suzanne is a trusted source on General Cooking.
Really fascinating combination, beautiful!
almost 2 years ago Andreadoria56
Thanks, I'm quite pleased with it - not too bitter and not to sweet.