MELON-DRAMA

INGREDIENTS:

1 1/2 oz Rum (Silver or Dark )

1 oz Fresh Pressed Cantaloupe Melon juice

1/2 oz Lemon Grass Syrup

3/4 oz Fresh Squeezed Lime juice

2 dashes Orange Bitter

1/4 oz Elderflower cordial

GARNISH :

Carved Melon Skin

PREPARATION:

For the Lemon Grass Simple Syrup

1 cup sugar
1 cup water
2 lemongrass stalks (core only), sliced
Lemongrass stalks

1. Combine sugar, water, and sliced lemongrass core in a small saucepan. Simmer over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring to dissolve sugar.

2. Remove from heat and cool. Fill a jar with a few lemongrass stalks. Strain syrup into jar. Cover and keep in the refrigerator.

For the Fresh Pressed Cantaloupe Juice :
Place fresh Melon , 1/2 cup cooled Lemon Grass Simple Syrup,  in the jar of your blender. Blend on high until all the ingredients are combined nd strain the juice from the pulp…. .

Better if you have a Juicer at home ,juice the melon separately and than add all the ingredients into a shaker

Now that all your HOME MADE ingredients are ready all we need is a shaker, a Chilled Glass a some ice ….a straw ,may be ,and some comfy party pants!!

Place all the ingredient into a shaker with ice , shake vigorously and poor into a high bowl on the rock , if you have time and you want to get fancy make a nice melon garnish  for your guest just like in the picture ….
The color is bright orange from the Canteloupe juice, the cents are  very flowery , The flavor is refreshingly tart, clean and citrus-like with peppery notes…. and if this cocktail is too strong for you is time to Melon UP!