Vodka cucumber lemonade
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Easy
- Serves 6
Ingredients
- 170g golden granulated sugar
- 6 large unwaxed lemons, juiced, plus extra lemon slices to serve
- 2 organic medium cucumbers, chopped into cubes
- ice
- 300ml vodka
- soda water, for topping up
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.
