Watermelon Herb Cooler - cooking recipe

Ingredients

tequila, blanco
1 whole watermelon (small to medium sized)
2 large handfuls mint (10-12 sprigs)
3 -4 sprigs basil
10 -12 limes
2 cups sugar
orange juice
ice

Preparation

PREP: Chop fresh watermelon into 1-2 inch chunks and place in ziploc bag to put in freezer. Ideally prep the night before and let freeze overnight but 4-5 hours freezer time should do the trick. .
1. Combine sugar, mint, and 4-5 squeezed limes in a heat-safe bowl, stirring ingredients together. Let mixture sit for 10-15 minutes.
2. Boil 1 cup of water. Add boiled water to sugar mixture, stirring well until sugar has dissolved completely. Let simple syrup mixture sit for another 10 minutes and put to the side.
3. In a blender, pre-blend 2-3 cups frozen watermelon and 2 cups ice until slushy. Add,.
- 1 1/2 cups tequila.
- leaves of 2-3 mint sprigs.
- leaves of 1-2 basil sprigs.
- Juice of 3-4 limes.
- 2 oz of orange juice.
- 4-5 oz of homemade simple syrup to taste.
4. Blend until fully combined, add ice to reach desired consistency. Garnish with a mint leaf and fresh lime wedge.
*ingredients above yield approximately 2-3 blender batches.