Apple & elderflower gin cocktail
Cool off with this gin-based apple and elderflower cocktail with both fruity and floral notes. Make a batch of this easy summer drink for entertaining
English garden cocktail
Serves 1
Easy
Prep:
Celebrate summer with an English garden cocktail. It's a refreshing mix of gin, elderflower cordial and apple juice, plus mint, lemon and cucumber flavours
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- 5 mint leavesbruised
- 30ml gin
- 2 tsp elderflower cordial(use more or less, depending on how sweet you like it)
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- large handful of ice
- cloudy apple juicefor topping up
- 1 long strip of cucumberpeeled using a vegetable peeler
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal118
- fat0g
- saturates0g
- carbs9g
- sugars9g
- fibre0.1g
- protein0.3g
- salt0.01g
Method
step 1
Mix the mint leaves, gin, elderflower cordial and lemon juice together in the bottom of a tall glass using a long-handled spoon.
step 2
Add a large handful of ice, then top up with the apple juice. Stir well, then drop in the strip of cucumber before serving.
