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    This not-just-for-brunch cocktail gets a light sweetness from watermelon juice. Freshly ground celery seeds add complexity, while dashes of Worcestershire and Tabasco sauces give it a kick.
    Martha Stewart Living, July 2009
    • Yield Serves 4 adults, with juice for 4 children
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    Ingredients

    • 12 cups watermelon chunks (from one 4-pound watermelon, rind removed), plus pieces, for serving
    • 1 teaspoon sugar, or to taste
    • Ice, for serving
    • 1 1/2 cups tomato juice
    • 13 dashes hot sauce, such as Tabasco, or to taste
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
    • 1 1/4 teaspoons coarse salt
    • 1/2 teaspoon celery seeds, ground with a mortar and pestle, or celery salt
    • Freshly ground pepper
    • 1 to 1 1/4 cups vodka
    • Celery stalks, for serving

    Directions

    1. Working in batches, puree watermelon (with seeds) and sugar in blender. Strain into a bowl through a fine sieve, pressing with a rubber spatula; discard solids. (You will have 5 1/2 cups juice.)
    2. For children's drinks: Divide 2 1/2 cups juice among 4 ice-filled glasses.
    3. For adults' drinks: Stir remaining 3 cups watermelon juice with tomato juice, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and celery seeds in a bowl set in a larger bowl of ice. Season with pepper. Stir in vodka and divide among 4 ice-filled glasses.
    4. Garnish adult drinks with a piece of watermelon and a celery stalk.

    Cook's Note

    To carve the watermelon, cut off the ends and stand it upright. Using a sharp knife, cut the rind from the flesh, making sure to remove all of the white. For a time-saving trick, puree the watermelon chunks -- seeds and all. Then strain the juice through a fine sieve. "It's easier and neater than picking seeds out," says chef Tony Esnault.

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