Refreshing Cucumber Martini

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Did you know today is World Gin Day? If you were looking at my Twitter feed you couldn’t possibly fail to notice that – it’s continuous stream of cocktails and politics today.

I won’t go into the politics, but let’s just say that gin is probably an essential tool for navigating through current events these days.

I am much more suited to talking about gin cocktails instead – it’s probably my favourite spirit and I am forever playing around with mixers and fruit trying to come up with new ideas.

What Is a Martini

A classic Martini is made simply with gin or vodka and a touch of dry vermouth. And, contrary to James Bond’s instructions, it is a stirred cocktail, not shaken so put your cocktail shaker away.

Flavoured Martinis have expanded the ingredients of the classic Dry Martini to include other liquors and flavours. My Cucumber Martini is a refreshing variation of the original drink made with Gin, St Germain Elderflower liqueur and fresh cucumber juice.

Which Gin?

Since we are using gin as the primary ingredient in this cocktail, it is important to use a high-quality gin. Certain brands will suit this Cucumber Martini more than others – my favourite one to use here is Hendrick’s Gin.

Cucumber Martini

Cucumber and gin are so well suited that you can go wrong with adding a cucumber slice in your gin and tonic.

It is even better in a Martini provided you are prepared to grate some fresh cucumber to extract the juice. It’s not really a hardship, you can even combine it with making some tzatziki so that nothing gets wasted.

You will be rewarded with a beautifully refreshing cocktail that looks pretty damned cool as well. It’s that irresistible chartreuse colour – without the addition of actual Chartreuse.

What I have added instead, is St Germain which is a delightful elderflower liqueur that hopefully is in your drinks cabinet already to make Red Queen cocktails with, right?

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You might also like my Blueberry Gin Sour.