Ingredients

The following ingredients have 2 Servings
  • 1/4 cucumber (quartered and sliced into cubes)
  • 60 ml | 1/4 cup | 2 fl oz gin
  • 30 ml | 1/8 cup | 1 fl oz simple syrup
  • 30 ml | 1/8 cup | 1 fl oz pasteurised egg white
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 tbsp elderflower cordial
  • 2 sprigs fresh lemon thyme
  • Thin strips of cucumber (sprigs of thyme to decorate (optional))

Instruction

  • Put the cucumber, lemon juice, thyme and cordial in your shaker and muddle with a muddler or the clean end of a rolling pin. Try to get the juice out of the cucumber. Alternatively you can grate the cucumber on the large holes of a box grater and use your hands to squeeze the juice into your shaker.
  • Add the gin, simple syrup and egg white and half fill the shaker with fresh ice.
  • Shake vigorously until a frost forms on the shaker then strain into two chilled martini glasses (or use small elegant flutes as in the pictures).
  • Decorate with strips of cucumber and a sprig of thyme.