This recipe was originally published in Just Five , a weekly column on the Sauce Magazine blog.
Place the melon, lime juice, ginger and mint in a blender with 3 ice cubes. Purée on high until everything is well-blended.
Pour 1œ cups of the purée into a cocktail shaker and add gin. Cover and shake vigorously for 20 seconds.
Pour into 2 chilled glasses and garnish with a mint sprig and lime wheel.
Gilding the lily (Pulitzer): A Champagne float would be a terrific finish on this drink.
2 cups cubed ripe cantaloupe
2 Tbsp. lime juice (from about 1 lime)
1 inch-piece fresh ginger, peeled and diced or grated
3 sprigs fresh mint leaves, plus additional for garnish
4 oz. gin (such as Hendricks or Citadelle)
2 Tbsp. lime juice (from about 1 lime)
1 inch-piece fresh ginger, peeled and diced or grated
3 sprigs fresh mint leaves, plus additional for garnish
4 oz. gin (such as Hendricks or Citadelle)
This article appears in June 2012.