Ingredients:
1 6 lb seedless watermelon
1 cup cold water
1/4 cup basil simple syrup*
juice of 1/4 lime
Directions:
Scoop out the watermelon, using an ice cream scooper, directly into a food processor**. Add the basil syrup. Pulse until smooth. Strain through a wide wire mesh sieve into a pitcher. Stir in the lime juice and water.
Optional: freeze cubes of watermelon to use as "ice cubes" in the drink.
*Follow these instructions for simple syrup, adding one handful of roughly chopped fresh basil to the water and sugar before boiling and strain the leaves out at the end.
**A blender won't work. A food mill would be a better substitution and you won't have to strain it out after processing. Or just mash the fruit if you want it to be thicker.
1 6 lb seedless watermelon
1 cup cold water
1/4 cup basil simple syrup*
juice of 1/4 lime
Directions:
Scoop out the watermelon, using an ice cream scooper, directly into a food processor**. Add the basil syrup. Pulse until smooth. Strain through a wide wire mesh sieve into a pitcher. Stir in the lime juice and water.
Optional: freeze cubes of watermelon to use as "ice cubes" in the drink.
*Follow these instructions for simple syrup, adding one handful of roughly chopped fresh basil to the water and sugar before boiling and strain the leaves out at the end.
**A blender won't work. A food mill would be a better substitution and you won't have to strain it out after processing. Or just mash the fruit if you want it to be thicker.
