This watermelon martini uses fresh watermelon juice, elderflower liqueur, and vodka to make it the tastiest cocktail of the summer. This is an award-winning cocktail that is the perfect use of fresh watermelon.
This watermelon elderflower martini cocktail is a delicious drink for the summer! It uses fresh watermelon, lime juice, elderflower liqueur, and vodka for a deliciously refreshing cocktail.
Ingredients
- Watermelon - You will use fresh watermelon to create a watermelon juice for the cocktail. Hint -- get a seedless watermelon! It makes it so much easier.
- Vodka - Choose your favorite vodka! (Unflavored, of course). Tito's works great in this, as do many other brands! Vodka makes a great watermelon martini, but if you'd prefer gin, use that. Gin and watermelon also pair together nicely.
- Elderflower liqueur - Pick up a fancy bottle of St. Germain for this. Trust us. Elderflower liqueur is made from the elderflower, and it has floral notes to it.
- Fresh lime juice - Grab a couple of limes to make some fresh lime juice.
- Ice - You'll shake all the ingredients with some ice to cool off the cocktail before you pour it.
How to make a watermelon martini
This is one of those easy cocktails! Once you have the watermelon juice, of course.
Take all the ingredients, add them to a cocktail shaker and shake! Then strain into a martini glass and garnish with some watermelon balls (can be easily made by scooping out watermelon with a melon baller) or a lime slice.
Once you're done, you have a delicious watermelon elderflower martini.
How to make the watermelon juice
Take the watermelon chunks and puree in a blender. Then strain the mixture through a fine mesh strainer into a pitcher. You may need to force the watermelon through the blade using a wooden spoon, or add ¼ cup of water to get it started.
While we love that this martini uses fresh watermelon juice (I’m pretty sure canned watermelon juice isn’t a thing), if you have some watermelon fresca, you can use that in place of the watermelon and lime juices.
What is St. Germain?
One ingredient that you can’t skip out on is the elderflower liqueur. We used St. Germain which is one of the more expensive bottles of alcohol out there, but it goes a long way.
If cost is an issue, you can do what we did and split a bottle with your friends. Going in with friends to buy a specialty bottle of liquor may sound odd at first, but it’s a great, inexpensive way to build a bar.
Looking for another cocktail that uses St. Germain? Try the Hugo Spritz, another tasty summer drink.
Looking for a mocktail? Try this watermelon jalapeno mocktail.
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- Dirty Martini
- Alaska Cocktail
- Hugo Spritz
- Frozen Aperol Spritz
Watermelon Martini with Vodka
Equipment
- Cocktail Shaker
Ingredients
- 2 ½ oz watermelon juice (see notes)
- 1 ½ oz vodka
- 1 oz elderflower liqueur (St. Germain)
- ½ oz fresh lime juice
- ice
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker.
- Shake vigorously for 15-20 seconds.
- Strain into a martini glass.
- Garnish with a lime slice or watermelon balls.
Notes
Nutrition
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Kimberly
If you use a ladle to work watermelon 🍉 through mesh strainer, it does a much better job than a wooden spoon.
Aimee
Great tip! I'll have to try that next time.