Vodka, Watermelon, and Mint Snow Cones (serves 12)
Here's what you’ll need:
- ¼ cup vodka
- 1 cup Hawaiian Shaved Ice Watermelon Syrup
- Fresh mint sprigs
- Ice cubes
- Hawaiian Shaved Ice or Snow Cone Machine
- Using a funnel, add vodka and watermelon syrup into a small bottle that can be fit with a pour spout.
- Fill your shaved ice machine with ice, turn it on, and dispense snow cone ice into a small bowl. Transfer into a Martini glass, pour vodka and watermelon syrup over the top.
- Garnish with a mint sprig
(recipe via Jeanne Benedict)Shaved Ice With Cherries, Gin, and Lime (serves 6-8)
For this recipe, you’ll need:
- Shaved ice
- Lime Wedges
- Gin
- 2 cups caster sugar
- 1-2 cups of pitted cherries
- 1 Vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped
- Juice of 3 limes
- 2-3 tablespoons of Gin
- To make the cherry, gin and lime syrup, stir sugar, cherries, vanilla, and 3 cups of water in a saucepan over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves.
- Bring to a simmer. Let simmer until cherries soften and liquid reduces to a syrup (12-15 minutes)
- Strain through a fine sieve, stir in lime juice and gin. Refrigerate completely.
- Serve poured over shaved ice in chilled glasses, cups, or bowls with lime wedges and extra gin.
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