Watermelon Sugar

Ingredients:

- 3 oz Stella Rosa® Watermelon
- 1 oz mezcal
- 3 large basil leaves
- ¾ oz fresh lemon juice
- ½ oz simple syrup

Preparation:

1. Gently muddle basil leaves into bottom of shaker tin.
2. Add lemon juice, simple syrup, and mezcal to tin and shake with ice for ten seconds.
3. Fine strain into a wine glass with ice.
4. Top with Stella Rosa® Watermelon and garnish with a fresh basil sprig.

 

Recipe and photo by Maren Nazera Erickson, San Antonio TX