Cucumber Mint Gimlets Food

CUCUMBER MINT GIMLET

Steps:

• Mix in a cocktail shaker filled with ice, and shake.) Garnish each with mint.
• Cucumber Gin : Steep 1/2 cup diced, peeled cucumber in 1 cup gin 8 hours to 4 days. Strain; store indefinitely in the refrigerator. Easily multiplied.
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• Mint Simple Syrup : Heat 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water over medium-high heat, stirring until dissolved. Add 1 cup mint leaves; remove from heat. Cover; steep 30 minutes to 1 hour. Strain; discard mint. Refrigerate up to 2 months.

CUCUMBER-MINT MARGARITA

Steps:

• Rub the rim of a rocks glass with 1 lime wedge, then dip the rim in coarse salt.
• Muddle the mint and cucumber in a cocktail shaker with a muddler or the handle of a wooden spoon until the cucumber is broken up and the mint is bruised, 5 to 6 times. Add the Cointreau, tequila and lime juice. Fill the shaker three-quarters of the way with ice and shake well. Pour into the prepared glass and garnish with the remaining lime wedge.

CUCUMBER-MINT GIMLETS

Steps:

• Peel, seed and chop 6 English cucumbers. Puree, then strain through a sieve into a bowl, pressing to extract the juice. Chill. Combine 1/3 cup lemon juice, 8 sprigs mint and 1/4 cup sugar in a pitcher; muddle with a wooden spoon. Stir in 2 cups gin, the cucumber juice and some cucumber and lemon slices. Divide among 6 to 8 ice-filled glasses.

CUCUMBER-MINT SPARKLE

Steps:

• Puree the mint, 1/3 cup water and three-quarters of the cucumber slices in a food processor until smooth. Strain the mixture into a pitcher, and stir in the agave.
• Right before serving, top with the club soda and vodka if using. Float the remaining cucumber slices in the pitcher. Serve over ice in small juice or rocks glasses.

CUCUMBER GIMLET (VODKA)

Steps:

• Muddle the cucumber with the sugar in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add in the rest of the ingredients and 1/2 cup of ice.
• Shake vigorously for 10 seconds and strain into a birdbath champagne glass or martini glass.
• Garnish with a slice (or ribbon) of cucumber or a lime wedge.

CUCUMBER GIMLET (GIN)

Steps:

• Place cucumber wheels at the bottom of a Collins glass.
• Add Tanqueray London Dry Gin, simple syrup and lime juice.
• Add ice and top with tonic.
• Garnish with a cucumber peel.

CUCUMBER MINT GIMLET

Steps:

• In a 2-quart pitcher, stir gin, lime juice,and syrup. Refrigerate. To serve, pourinto a cocktail shaker filled with ice,shake vigorously, and divide amongice-filled 10-ounce glasses. (For a singledrink, mix in a cocktailshaker filledwith ice, and shake.) Garnish each withcucumber peel and mint.