Cucumber Melon Wine Spritzers Cocktail Recipe
A simple and refreshing summer sipper, these Cucumber Melon Wine Spritzers are ready in a flash with just a few simple ingredients, and your handy-dandy blender!
Servings: 2
Equipment
- fine mesh sieve or strainer
- blender
Ingredients
- 3 cups roughly chopped fresh cantaloupe
- the juice of 1 lemon
- 2 ½ tablespoon simple syrup*
- 1 peeled Persian cucumber or ½ small cucumber halved and seeded, and chopped into small pieces*
- 1 cup white wine*
- seltzer water
- Lemon and cucumber slices, for garnish
Instructions
- Add the chopped cantaloupe, cucumber, simple syrup, and lemon juice to a blender. Purée until smooth. 2. Strain the juice from the blender into a medium bowl or container through a fine mesh sieve to remove any chunks/grit. (make about 1 cup) 3. Fill 2 glasses with ice, and divide juice between the 2 glasses. 4. Pour ½ cup of white wine into each glass, and stir. 5. Top each cocktail with seltzer, and garnish with lemon and cucumber slices.