This chilled daytime summer cocktail includes sparkling rose wine, Aperol, watermelon juice, and a splash of lime.
Watermelon Aperol Spritz
This chilled daytime summer cocktail includes sparkling rose wine, Aperol, watermelon juice, and a splash of lime.
Ingredients
- ¼ fresh watermelon, cut into cubes, rind and seeds removed
- 4 oz Aperol, chilled
- 8 oz sparkling rose wine, chilled
- Ice cubes to fill two large glasses
- Lime and fresh watermelon wedges, as garnish
Instructions
- Blend the watermelon cubes and pass through a sieve, discarding the flesh and reserving the juice that makes it through the sieve.
- Chill juice in the fridge for an hour.
- Pour watermelon juice into two glasses over ice.
- Pour Aperol on top of watermelon juice.
- Pour sparkling rose on top of the Aperol.
- Stir cocktail.
- Garnish with fresh wedges of lime and watermelon and serve cold.
Notes
Summer strawberries can be used in place of the watermelon.