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Cantaloupe Basil Float

drinks· Easter· ice cream· National Ice Cream Month· Summertime Favorites
July 5, 2019

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Cantaloupe Basil Float – Fresh cantaloupe is blended with basil, Riesling wine, and club soda and then poured over lemon sorbet

Glass of Cantaloupe Basil Float with a toothpick with a piece of cantaloupe on it

Four days into July and I’ve already got two boozy frozen treats for you. How did you get so lucky??

Earlier this week, I kicked off National Ice Cream Month with this sangria sorbet. Now, I’ve got a new frozen treat that I’ve yet to feature on this blog – an ice cream float. But not just any ice cream float…it’s a boozy one!!

Check out my Cantaloupe Basil Float!

Closeup of a Cantaloupe Basil Float Glass of Cantaloupe Basil Float Top view of a Cantaloupe Basil Float

How is this float made

An ice cream float is historically made with vanilla ice cream topped with a soda. It serves as the inspiration for today’s post but the ingredients are very much different.

In this recipe, the float is made with lemon sorbet topped with a homemade cantaloupe bail soda and Riesling wine. The fruit-based flavors make this perfect to drink during the incredibly hot summer days. And it’s much easier to make than you think!

Homemade Cantaloupe Basil Soda

To make this soda, first you have to chill some fresh cantaloupe. Once it’s chilled, you add it to a blender with torn basil leaves, club soda, and your favorite Riesling wine. Riesling is a wine that is on the sweet end of the spectrum. It works super well in this drink because it adds a hint of flavor without overpowering the other ingredients.

Food processor full of cantaloupe and basil

Assembling the Float

Once the soda is made, you’re ready to assemble the floats! First, scoop lemon sorbet into each glass. Then, pour the soda over the sorbet and voila – you have a float! Finish off the float with a garnish of your choosing. I used a chunk of cantaloupe and a basil leaf and placed them on a skewer.

Glass of sorbet Glass of sorbet after adding the cantaloupe and basil mixture

Tips & Tricks

As always, here are a couple tips to ensure you get this recipe exactly right:

  1. It’s important that the soda ingredients are kept cold so that they don’t melt down the sorbet in the float too quickly. At the very least, the cantaloupe needs to be refrigerated. But you can always use the freezer to speed up this process.
  2. If you’d like to make this drink ahead of time, you should make the soda mixture without adding the soda. As you know, the soda will lose carbonation over time. Therefore, if you make it ahead of time, it will go flat before you have the chance to enjoy the float. As such, make the mixture ahead of time, refrigerate it until time to serve, and then add in the soda before serving.
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Cantaloupe Basil Float

Fresh cantaloupe is blended with basil, Riesling wine, and club soda and then poured over lemon sorbet
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Servings: 6 drinks

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cantaloupe chunks chilled
  • 1 1/2 cups Riesling wine divided
  • 3/4 cup club soda
  • 8 leaves fresh basil
  • 3 cups lemon sorbet

Instructions

  • Place chilled cantaloupe, 3/4 cup of wine, club soda, and torn basil leaves into blender. Blend until almost smooth.
  • Scoop sorbet into 6 glasses, 1/2 cup per glass. Pour cantaloupe mixture over each glass of sorbet. Top each glass with a shot of Riesling wine. Serve immediately. 

Notes

There is no need to add sugar to this cocktail because the sorbet has plenty. Stir the cocktail to release those sugars into the liquid during consumption. 

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Cantaloupe Basil Float photo collage

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  2. Sheereen | Cups of Coco says

    July 12, 2019 at 1:39 pm

    Never would have thought of such a combination, but these look amazing!

    Reply
  3. Jenna says

    July 12, 2019 at 12:20 pm

    These are so pretty! And cantaloupe and basil are such a good combo and make for a unique drink for sure.

    Reply
  4. Christa says

    July 12, 2019 at 11:22 am

    Oh wow, I’ve never had anything like this! These flavors looks so delicious, and I can’t wait to try this refreshing drink.

    Reply
  5. Cookilicious says

    July 11, 2019 at 10:41 pm

    I have never had a basil float and it sure does sound interesting!

    Reply
  6. Liz says

    July 11, 2019 at 9:54 pm

    This sounds SO refreshing! Looks like I’ll be buying cantaloupe this weekend! YUM!

    Reply
  7. Krissy Allori says

    July 11, 2019 at 9:23 pm

    Holy smokes! This was a perfect drink for my last get together!

    Reply
  8. kim says

    July 11, 2019 at 8:57 pm

    OMG… cantaloup is my favorite and this is absolutely fabulous!

    Reply
  9. Aditi Wardhan Singh says

    July 11, 2019 at 1:45 pm

    This is so very refresing. I can almost taste it.

    Reply

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