In the Bag: Cooking the Month of June - The Round up
Last month's bag was quite a challenge with its contents of mint and watermelon. But these bloggers rose to it with some great dishes:
eCurry:
Breakfast Lunch Dinner and Punch:
Apple Crumbles:
We also had a suggestion for a cocktail from AbbieAsadi on Twitter: "Hi Julia. My suggestion for the monthly ingredients: watermelon, mint and vodka for cocktails, maybe a dash of sugar syrup or classic sorbet." I love the sound of watermelon, mint and vodka cocktails, anyone fancy giving it a go?
15 comments:
Watermelon cocktails are amazing! I had one when I was in Australia, but I'm struggling to find the bars menu/website as it was in a tiny tiny place in QLD. Definately worth experimenting with though - I had the same cocktail 2 nights running!
It was a challenge but what a terrific combination! Great suggestion Julia!
Good job everyone.
Yum!!!
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You can get unpleasant pre-mixed watermelon vodka cocktails, but an undoubtedly more fun option would be the Jamie Oliver watermelon, where you cut a hole in the skin of a whole fruit, put a funnel in, and gradually decant vodka in over the course of a day or two to allow the flesh to soak up the spirit. I'm sure you could infuse a bottle of vodka with some fresh mint leaves for a few days beforehand for the full effect! Wish I'd entered now...d'oh!
I was thinking about some kind of granita or granissat, but I only saw the challenge a couple of days ago and haven't had any free time this week.
Watermelon and mint granita sounds very summery and refreshing to me though.
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They look great. I cant wait to take part for the first time on the next one!
I just love those entries. I am off to read the details!
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Very cool desserts! Very cool blog. The watermelon pic was great. We have done a similar variation here in Texas for years, it involves pulling a plug from a whole watermelon, and dripping in a bottle of vodka or other clear liquor, and then Icing the whole thing down!
Delicious! I love watermelons. They're perfect dessert. Thanks!
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