Watermelon Martini
By: Sheri Wetherell
Published: Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 9:23am

Ingredients




4 cups watermelon, rinds and seeds removed; diced
1 cup vodka
1/2 cup Cointreau
2  s limes, juiced
1 cup crushed ice
1 tablespoon fine sugar (or sugar substitute)
Pickled watermelon rind for garnish

Preparation

1 In a blender, combine the watermelon chunks and puree. Pour into a pitcher and keep very cold.

 2 For two good-sized martinis, add one cup of watermelon puree, 1/4 cup of vodka, and one tablespoon of Cointreau to the blender with three to four ice cubes and blend well. 

 3 Pour into martini glasses and garnish with a pickled watermelon rind (or fresh rind).