Cucumber gin fizz

Gin and cucumber is a classic British combination. This simple cocktail from Valentine Warner makes a great, refreshing pre-dinner drink for the summer months.

📝 Ingredients

• 1 cucumber peeled
• 6 ice cubes
• 100 ml gin
• 1 small lime sliced
• 100-150ml tonic water chilled

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Cut the cucumber into 3-4 lengths and blitz to a purée in a food processor or blender. Pass through a fine sieve into a jug.
2. 2Put three ice cubes in each glass and pour over the gin, followed with half the lime squeezed between the two glasses and the other half sliced thinly and shared again. Mix in the cucumber juice and top up with tonic.