The Mixology Talk Podcast, Episode Seventy Five
This under-appreciated summer fruit deserves a spot on your cocktail menu – here are some ideas!
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In today’s Episode…
We’re highlighting an often overlooked summer fruit – and one that’s incredibly easy to use in your cocktail program.
Tips & Techniques for Using Melon on your Menu:
- Juice them (juicer or blender)
- Make a syrup by macerating the melon with sugar
- Turn your syrup into a liqueur (like we did in this recipe)
- Add vinegar instead to make a tasty shrub
- When you’re done, top it off with a melon ball or wedge garnish!
Stuff we Mentioned:
Here’s the recipe for our Melon Ball cocktail, along with instructions for making the liqueur from scratch.
Liking the sound of that non-alcoholic Watermelon Cooler drink? Here’s the recipe!
The Smoky Summer Nights cocktail is the drink we talked about with Mezcal and Watermelon
… and last but not least is the Americano Summer – a dirnk I was sure would NOT work, but once again, Chris was right!
If you’re considering any Cantaloupe recipes, definitely consider rimming the glass with meat salt!
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How are you using melon on your menu? Have you used any melons we didn’t mention? Let us know in the comments below!
Carbonated fruit! We do it all the time. Super easy too. ChefSteps has a really good tutorial, but the summary is: seal fruit in a container with dry ice and wait till the ice melts. Key: has to be an air tight container! (We usually Saran Wrap our container.) How it works: as the dry ice melts, the CO2 is released into the air, but since you’ve sealed the container, the gas can’t dissipate out, so it dissolves into the fruit. Our favorite fruits: pineapple (see the photo – you can see the bubbles!), grapes, cantaloupe… Has to have a pretty high water content and a smooth texture (strawberries, watermelon, apples were failures). SO YUMMY!
Wow!
I’m dying for the meat salt recipe!
How could I forget this link! Here you go: https://www.abarabove.commeat-salt/ (I added it above too. 🙂
Thank you!!! I have a smoked goose melon cocktail I’d love to garnish with this.
Great episode! So many fun ideas! I want to try to pickled rinds and the compressed mellon! BTW I put a Watermelon Basil mojito on my menu. Good stuff!