English Garden cocktail
Serves: 4
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English Garden cocktail
Recipe by Elinor Hill
Fresh with the flavours of summer, this gin-based cocktail would be perfect for a garden party
Serves: 4
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Elinor Hill
Food blogger Elinor Hill, aka the Beach Hut Cook, loves to rustle up cocktails and family feasts by the seaside.
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Elinor Hill
Food blogger Elinor Hill, aka the Beach Hut Cook, loves to rustle up cocktails and family feasts by the seaside.
See more of Elinor Hill’s recipes
Ingredients
- 1 x 30g pack mint, leaves picked
- 8 slices of cucumber
- 100ml gin
- 50ml lemon juice (about 1 lemon)
- 50ml cloudy apple juice
- 2 tbsp clear honey
- about 250ml sparkling wine, such as Prosecco or Cava, to top up
Step by step
- Put the mint leaves (keep a few of the prettiest leaves to serve) and cucumber in the bottom of a cocktail shaker, large lidded jar or a jug and muddle together with a cocktail muddler, the end of a rolling pin, or even a wooden spoon.
- Add the gin, lemon juice, apple juice, honey and ice cubes and shake or mix vigorously to ensure the honey is well distributed. Pour into 4 glasses and top up with sparkling wine.