Water­melon dream Secco

In advance

1. Ignite the charcoal in the Big Green Egg and heat to 170°C. Meanwhile, cut the watermelon into wedges of approx. 2 cm. For the garnish cut 3 nice wedges and cut them in half again so that you have 6 wedges of approx. 1 cm; store them in the fridge. Cut the skin off the rest of the watermelon wedges.
2. Sprinkle a handful Apple Wood Chips on to the charcoal embers and place the convEGGtor and the Cast Iron Grid. Place the watermelon wedges on the grid and close the lid of the EGG. The temperature of the EGG will drop to about 130°C. Smoke and grill the watermelon at this temperature for about 30 minutes; turn the watermelon over after about 15 minutes.
3. Remove the watermelon wedges from the EGG and cut them into chunks. Leave to cool and place them in the freezer for about 30 minutes.
4. Sprinkle the granulated sugar on a saucer. Halve the lime. Rub 1 half over the rim of 6 large wine glasses and dip them in the sugar so that the glasses have a nice sugar rim. Set the other half of the lime aside.

Method

1. Cut the lime half that you set aside into 6 wedges.
2. Purée the smoked watermelon with a hand blender and rub the purée through a sieve. Mix in the Limoncello.
3. Place a lime wedge in each glass. Divide the watermelon mixture over the glasses and pour in the rosé. Garnish with one of the watermelon wedges you set aside before and place a pretty straw in each glass.

TIPS

• In addition to the mini pizzas with pesto, goat cheese & roasted peppers that can be served with this cocktail, it might also be fun to make some tasty watermelon skewers from the other half of the watermelon that you did not use for this recipe. Cut the remaining watermelon into cubes of about 2 centimetres. Thread them on skewers and grill them for about 1.5 minutes on the Cast Iron Grid or the Cast Iron Satay Grill. Turn the skewers a quarter turn and grill for another 1.5 minutes. Turn the skewers over and grill this side for about 3 minutes, turning them a quarter turn after 1.5 minutes for a nice grill pane.
• It might be a nice idea to put some macadamia nuts and thin slices of dried ham on the table during a party. This way, you will already have something to snack on while preparing the party snacks on your Big Green Egg.