Cucumber Cocktail
Modified from Liquor Snob
6 limes, rinsed
1 cup packed mint leaves, no stems, plus 6 sprigs for garnish
3 unwaxed cucumbers
½ cup sugar
2 cups vodka or gin
Sparkling wine
- Thinly slice 3 limes and place in a pitcher. Juice the rest and add juice to pitcher. Add mint leaves. Slice 2 cucumbers and add, then add sugar. Muddle ingredients. Add vodka or gin. Place in refrigerator to steep 30 minutes or longer.
- Cut remaining cucumber into super think rounds.
- Fill cocktail shaker with ice and top with mixture. Shake and strain into a martini glass. Top with a splash of sparkling wine, garnish each glass with a cucumber round, and serve.
Serves 6.
Cucumber Cocktail
From The New York Times
6 limes, rinsed
1 cup packed mint leaves, no stems, plus 6 sprigs for garnish
3 unwaxed cucumbers
½ cup sugar
2 cups vodka or gin, preferably Hendrick's gin
Sparkling water.
- Thinly slice 3 limes and place in a pitcher. Juice the rest and add juice to pitcher.
- Add mint leaves. Slice 2 cucumbers and add, then add sugar. Muddle ingredients.
- Add vodka or gin.
- Place in refrigerator to steep 30 minutes or longer.
- Peel remaining cucumber and cut lengthwise into 6 spears.
- Fill 6 highball or other large glasses with ice. Strain mixture from pitcher into each.
- Top with a splash of sparkling water, garnish each glass with a sprig of mint and a cucumber spear, and serve.
Serves 6.
Cucumber, Red Onion, and Basil Salad
From Coastal Living magazine
2 English cucumbers, thinly sliced (about 5 cups)
1⁄2 red onion, thinly sliced (about 1 1⁄4 cups)
1⁄2 cup basil leaves, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1⁄2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
- Cover and chill 1 hour.
Makes about 4 cups.
Limelight
From The Bar
1 oz. Lime Flavored Vodka (if you cant find lime flavored vodka, use regular vodka and add a splash of Rose's lime juice)
1.5 oz. simple syrup
1 oz. fresh lime juice
Cucumber
Fresh mint
- Muddle cucumber in a mixing glass, add mint and bruise.
- Add remaining ingredients, fill glass with ice, shake, strain and pour into a martini glass, garnish with a sprig of mint and a cucumber wheel.
Makes 1 cocktail.
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