Summer Cocktail, A New Twist

Cucumber Mint Gin Cocktail

Recipe: Cucumber Mint Gin Coolers

Ingredients

• 6 ounces gin
• 1 cup cucumber cut into chunks, plus a few thinly sliced for garnish
• 12 mint leaves plus more for garnish
• 2 tablespoons sugar (or beet sugar)
• ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
• Chilled Club soda to cap
• Ice

Instructions

1. In the jar of a blender, combine the cucumber chunks, the mint leaves, sugar and lemon juice. Puree until you have a smooth mixture.
2. Fill two glasses with ice. Add 2 ounces of gin to each glass and the thinly sliced cucumbers. Fill the glasses to 2/3rds full with the cucumber mixture. Top with club soda and stir well.
3. Garnish with fresh mint.