A recipe for a refreshing cucumber and lemon cooler.
Ingredients:
5 cucumbers, seeded & cut into quarters
¼ cup water 2 lemons, juiced
2 ounces simple syrup**
Club soda
Alcohol of your choice
Ice
**Simple Syrup- ½ cup organic cane sugar (honey or agave can be substituted) 2 cups water. Bring both ingredients to a boil over medium high heat until sugar is dissolved, remove from heat and let cool to room temperature
Method:
In a blender, blend cucumber, water & lemon juice.
In a cocktail glass, add 3 ounces of the blended cucumber juice, ½ ounce
simple syrup & 1 ounce of alcohol of choice.
Stir, add ice & splash of club soda.
Garnish with cucumber or lemon.