Sunday, July 16, 2017

Summer Cocktail, A New Twist



Cucumber Mint Gin Cocktail








Recipe: Cucumber Mint Gin Coolers

Ingredients

  • 6 ounces gin
  • 1 cup cucumber cut into chunks, plus a few thinly sliced for garnish
  • 12 mint leaves plus more for garnish
  • 2 tablespoons sugar (or beet sugar)
  • ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
  • Chilled Club soda to cap
  • Ice

Instructions

  1. In the jar of a blender, combine the cucumber chunks, the mint leaves, sugar and lemon juice. Puree until you have a smooth mixture.
  2. Fill two glasses with ice. Add 2 ounces of gin to each glass and the thinly sliced cucumbers. Fill the glasses to 2/3rds full with the cucumber mixture. Top with club soda and stir well.
  3. Garnish with fresh mint.

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