Martini recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has sugar syrup, cucumber, mint, vermouth and gin.
Cucumber martinis
Course: Martini
Servings
4 - 8
servings
Prep time
5 mins
Ingredients
- Mint: large bunch mint, stems removed
- Cucumber: 10 thin slices cucumber, plus 4 ribbons sliced with a vegetable peeler
- Gin: 150ml gin
- Sugar Syrup: 50ml sugar syrup (buy ready-made, or make your own - see tip, below)
- Vermouth: 1 tbsp dry vermouth
Directions
- Chill two martini glasses. Put all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker or jug (except the cucumber ribbons), along with a handful of ice. Shake or mix well to combine, then strain the liquid into the glasses. Garnish with the cucumber ribbons, bunched up and threaded onto a cocktail stick.
