Pimms Cup With Watermelon

• Medium-size watermelon
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 ounces Pimms No. 1
• 1 ounce lemon juice
• 2 ounces ginger ale or 7Up
• Sliced cucumber, berries of any type and mint sprig for garnish

1. Make an infused syrup: Puree and strain enough watermelon to equal one cup of juice.
2. In a small pan, heat the sugar and watermelon juice and boil until sugar dissolves.
3. Remove from heat.
4. (Mixture keeps in the refrigerator for weeks).
5. In a cocktail shaker with ice, add Pimms, lemon juice and 1 ounce syrup-fruit mixture and shake.
6. Strain into an ice-filled Collins glass.
7. Top with ginger ale or 7Up and garnish generously with cucumber, berries and mint.

watermelon, sugar, lemon juice, ginger ale, cucumber

Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/12498 (may not work)