To make watermelon puree, put seedless chunks of watermelon in a blender and pulse, then push the puree through a mesh sieve to make it smoother. (Cutting a whole watermelon might make your kitchen look like a Gallagher set, so it’s O.K. to use precut watermelon from a supermarket.)
Ingredients
- 3 parts watermelon puree
- 1 part silver tequila
- ½ part fresh lime juice
- Seltzer
- Sliced jalapeno
- Coarse sea salt
- Ice
- Agave nectar (optional)
Preparation
- In a large pitcher or bowl, stir together the watermelon puree, tequila and lime juice.
- To sweeten, adjust with agave nectar.
- To serve, pour into glasses over ice, top each glass with seltzer, a pinch of sea salt and slices of jalapeno.
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