I have tons of ideas for a fun Dirty Dancing inspired menu. If I ever throw a Dirty Dancing party...and it's my goal...here's the menu that I imagine will garner all sorts of hungry eyes:
- Cabbage Roll Soup (inspired by the scene where Neil takes Baby to the kitchen)
- Pot Roast with Southeast Asian flavors (inspired by the scene where Mr. Houseman makes a comment about Baby wanting to box up her leftover potroast and send it to Southeast Asia)
- Dirty Mashed Potatoes - "dirty" being a hearty drizzling of brown butter (inspired by Baby's first glimpse of the staff dirty dancing to Do You Love Me...I can mashed potato...)
- Tropical Fruit Sald (also inspired by that Neil and Baby kitchen scene, as well as Lisa's "tropical fruit" ensemble)
- Cold Spaghetti Salad (inspired by Johnny telling Baby that she has "Spaghetti Arm")
- Jujubes Dessert Bar - further details to be worked out (inspired by the scene when Johnny tells Baby "last month I'm eatin' Jujubes to stay alive...")
- I Carried a Watermelon Cocktails - a mix-it-yourself bar with ingredients for margaritas, mojitos, and other watermelon-based cocktails (inspired by the classic "I carried a watermelon" scene)
But it's a fun cocktail! I highly recommend using the frozen fruit ball technique whenever you make a cocktail, to eliminate the watering down of your drink. Plus, you get the bonus treat of boozy fruit at the bottom of your empty glass. Perfect for pitchers and punch bowls, as well (try it with all sorts of melons, pineapple, apples, pears, mangoes—you name it)!
Join us next month as we head into the kitchen with our host Courtney of Fictional Fare with her pick, Secondhand Lions.
For inspiration, check out the Food 'n Flix website (click on any of the roundups listed to see what participants have been inspired to make by the movie choice), all of my past Food 'n Flix posts, or my Food 'n Flix Pinterest board!
Yield: 1 cocktail
I Carried a Watermelon Margarita
prep time: 5 MINScook time: total time: 5 mins
The frozen watermelon balls in this recipe will keep your margarita cold without diluting it. Multiplies easily to make a cocktails for a crowd.
INGREDIENTS:
- 1/2 cup pureed watermelon
- 4 ounces tequila (your favorite kind)
- 2 ounces cup Licor 43
- 1-2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- simple syrup or agave nectar, to taste
- frozen watermelon balls, as many as you'd like (SEE NOTES)
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Place all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice, adding lime juice and sweetener, to taste. Shake it like you got it.
- If you like, rim a cocktail glass with sugar or salt. Fill with ice or frozen watermelon balls (see notes below), and then strain the margarita into the glass. Enjoy cold!
NOTES
- Try adding a few fresh mint leaves to the cocktail shaker first, bruising them with a muddler before adding remaining ingredients. Add a sprig of mint as garnish.
- Multiply the ingredients to make a pitcher-full for a party.
FROZEN WATERMELON BALLS
- Use a melon baller to cut balls from a watermelon. Lay them in a single layer on a plate or tray; freeze until solid. If you're not using them right away, transfer to a freezer baggie until needed. Add to cocktail glass before adding the cocktail, in place of ice.
- I love using these in place of ice because they don't dilute the cocktail...and then you're left with booze-soaked watermelon balls to munch on when you're done with your cocktail.
- Make a whole watermelon's worth of balls and freeze the whole batch if you're making a pitcher of margaritas!
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