Cucumber martinis
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- No cook
- Easy
- Makes 2
Ingredients
- 50ml sugar syrup (buy ready-made, or make your own - see tip, below)
- 10 thin slices cucumber, plus 4 ribbons sliced with a vegetable peeler
- large bunch mint, stems removed
- 1 tbsp dry vermouth
- 150ml gin
Method
- STEP 1
Chill two martini glasses. Put all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker or jug (except the cucumber ribbons), along with a handful of ice. Shake or mix well to combine, then strain the liquid into the glasses. Garnish with the cucumber ribbons, bunched up and threaded onto a cocktail stick.
