Chop, blend, strain, blend and bottle! Easy three ingredient recipe for one of my favourite mixers - perfect with just a soda, tonic, or your favourite white spirit!
Ingredients:
275 ml Cucumber Juice (from cucumber scraps/ approximately 1 large cucumber)
75 ml Fresh Lime Juice (from approx. 5 limes, keep zests)
350 g White Sugar
Yield: About 600ml
Tools: Blender, Cheese Cloth, Large Fine Strainer, Medium Bowl, Mason Jar
Instructions
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Zest whole limes into white sugar in a medium bowl, mix well and set aside for 15 minutes. Cut whole limes in half and juice, Take 2 medium cucumbers and cut them into bite sized pieces (seeds included, plus any leftover pulp you have from our Miso Cucumber Salad Recipe
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Juice cucumbers and set juice aside. Take any leftover pulp and transfer to 2 layer cheese cloth. Twist the ends of the cheesecloth together and squeeze our any access juice. (If you don't have a juicer, place cucumber bits and pulp into blender, add about 60ml water and blend on low setting until pulp is fine.)
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Transfer prepared juice into a blender, add in lime juice, sugar and lime zest. Cover blender and blend on low-medium setting until sugar is dissolved (about 3 minutes).
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Strain blended cordial through a fine sieve into a a non reactive, tempered container (I used an old sauce bottle) and refrigerate. Good for 2-3 weeks in fridge and 2 months in freezer.
Cucumber Collins
Ingredients:
45ml Cucumber Lime Cordial
150ml Soda
3 Cucumber Slices for garnish
For a delicious , no-fuss non alcoholic beverage:
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Combine 45ml Cucumber Lime Cordial in a tall collins glass
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Add ice, add soda and stir for a few seconds until integrated
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Garnish with a few slices of cucumbers