Watermelon Margaritas

Recently, my friends and I attended the wedding of a mutual friend. We all lived together in Monterrey, Mexico, over ten years ago. This was the first time all four of us were together since we left Mexico to come back home in June 2002. Being together brought back a lot of memories. One of our traditions was attending two for one Margarita night at a bar called Nueva Luna. They had all sorts of flavours from strawberry to tamarind. I do not know if they had watermelon, but I found a tasty, and easy, recipe for watermelon margaritas in my latest Food and Drink magazine from the LCBO, and had to try it.

The recipe is from President's Choice Black Label brand because it uses their margarita mix as the base. Okay, so this might not be super family friendly, but sometimes mommies and daddies need to unwind. Enjoy this in moderation. You could also make it without the tequila and orange liqueur. Maybe add some orange zest or a dollop of orange marmalade to give a bit of the bitter orange flavour.

Watermelon margaritas using the Black Label margarita mix.

Cut up 1 1/2 cups of seedless watermelon. Freeze it for two hours. To a blender, add frozen watermelon, 1/8 cup tequila, 1/8cup orange liqueur, 1/4 cup of margarita mix and 3/4 cup ice cubes. Blend until smooth and slushie. This recipe makes two drinks, or one really big drink.

Now, officially, my favourite summer drink. If only I could figure out how to make a tamarind flavoured frozen drink, then I would be set.

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