Shaken · Collins
GarnishLime peel
Shaken · Collins
Lynnette Marrero and John Ware, Llama Inn, Brooklyn
Meloncholia cocktail recipe
What goes in it
- 1 oz
- 1 oz
- 1 ozWatermelon juice
House prep · Recipe below ↓
- 0.5 ozGinger syrup (2:3)
House prep · Recipe below ↓
- 0.5 ozLime juice
Fresh juice · Recipe below ↓
- 2 dashesHabanero tincture
House prep · Recipe below ↓
- 2 dashes
- TopSoda water
Mixer · Recipe below ↓
Method · Shaken
- 1Shake everything except the soda with ice until cold.
- 2Strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice, top with soda and garnish.
- Glass
- Collins
- Ice
- Cubed
- Garnish
- Lime peel
Prep ahead
House prep
Watermelon Juice
- Yield
- About 1 oz per 2 oz fruit
- Keeps
- 1 to 2 days
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- Fresh seedless watermelon, cubed
Method
- 1Blend the watermelon until smooth and pass through a fine strainer.
House prep
Ginger Syrup (2:3)
- Yield
- About 1 cup
- Keeps
- 2 weeks
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- 2 partsfresh ginger juice (by weight)
- 3 partsunbleached cane sugar (by weight)
Method
- 1Juice fresh ginger and strain. Whisk in the sugar until dissolved.
Fresh juice
Lime Juice
- Yield
- About 1 oz per lime
- Keeps
- 1 day
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- Fresh limes
Method
- 1Juice to order or in small batches. Strain out seeds and pulp. Store in the refrigerator.
House prep
Habanero Tincture
- Yield
- 500 ml
- Keeps
- 1 year
- Storage
- Room temperature
Ingredients
- 500 mlvodka
- 5 habanero chiles, roughly chopped
Method
- 1Vacuum-seal and sous vide at 145°F for two hours, or infuse at room temperature overnight. Fine-strain and bottle.
Mixer
Saline Solution (1:2)
- Yield
- About 4 oz
- Keeps
- 6 months
- Storage
- Room temperature
Ingredients
- 50 gsalt
- 100 gboiling water
Method
- 1Stir the salt into the just-boiled water until dissolved, cool, and decant into a dasher bottle.
About the Meloncholia
Meloncholia is a highball made with pisco, rosé wine and watermelon juice, created by Lynnette Marrero and John Ware at Llama Inn.
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