Grilled Melancholy Fix Cocktail

Steps

• 1

  When ready to cook, set the Traeger temperature to 500℉ and preheat with the lid closed for 15 minutes.

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• 2

  Cut cantaloupe in half and scoop out seeds. Slice one of the cantaloupe halves into wedges. Set aside.

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  Ingredients

  • 2 Whole cantaloupe

• 3

  Take the other half, remove rind and cut into 1 inch cubes. Place cantaloupe into a blender, purée and pour through a mesh strainer. Set juice aside.

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• 4

  Coat cantaloupe wedges in turbinado sugar and place on preheated grill. Grill for 3 minutes per side, or until grill marks form. Remove from grill, quarter wedges into triangles and set aside.

  Grill: 500 ˚F

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  Ingredients

  • 1 Cup turbinado sugar

• 5

  In a cocktail shaker, add Traeger Smoked Simple Syrup, lime juice, 1 ounce cantaloupe juice, smoked salt and tequila. Shake for 10 seconds and strain into double rocks glass.

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  Ingredients

  • 1/2 Ounce Traeger Smoked Simple Syrup

  • 1/2 Ounce lime juice

  • 2 Ounce cantaloupe juice

  • Pinch Jacobsen Salt Co. Cherrywood Smoked Salt

  • 3 Ounce reposado tequila

• 6

  Add crushed or pebble ice to glass until overfilling with ice.

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• 7

  Garnish with a slice of grilled cantaloupe. Enjoy! *Cook times will vary depending on set and ambient temperatures. Access this, and over a thousand other Traeger recipes, on the Traeger App.

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