Floral gin pitcher
Combine gin, elderflower liqueur, rose syrup and freshly squeezed red grapefruit juice to make this summery floral gin pitcher. Serve with grapefruit slices
Vodka cucumber lemonade
Serves 6
Easy
Prep:
Make your own lemonade to lift the flavour of this vodka and cucumber cocktail, though you can use shop-bought to make the recipe even quicker and easier
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- 170g golden granulated sugar
- 6 large unwaxed lemonsjuiced, plus extra lemon slices to serve
- 2 organic medium cucumberschopped into cubes
- ice
- 300ml vodka
- soda waterfor topping up
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal243
- fat0.4g
- saturates0g
- carbs30g
- sugars30g
- fibre0.5g
- protein1g
- salt0.03g
Method
step 1
Mix the sugar with 180ml hot water in a heatproof bowl until the sugar has dissolved. Leave to cool completely. Stir in the lemon juice.
step 2
Tip the cucumbers into a blender with a splash of water and blitz until liquified. Tip some ice, the vodka, the lemonade from step 1 and the puréed cucumbers (see tip, below) into a large pitcher and stir well.
step 3
Top up the pitcher with soda water and stir well again, then drop in a few lemon slices just before serving.
