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English garden cocktail

English garden cocktail

Name: English garden cocktail
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 5 mint leaves bruised; 30ml gin; 2 tsp elderflower cordial (use more or less, depending on how sweet you like it); 2 tsp lemon juice; large handful of ice; cloudy apple juice for topping up; 1 long strip of cucumber peeled using a vegetable peeler

Anna Glover

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Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:5 mins
Easy
Serves 1

Celebrate summer with an English garden cocktail. It's a refreshing mix of gin, elderflower cordial and apple juice, plus mint, lemon and cucumber flavours

Dairy-free
Egg-free
Gluten-free
Vegan
Vegetarian

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5 mint leaves
bruised
30ml gin
2 tsp elderflower cordial
(use more or less, depending on how sweet you like it)
2 tsp lemon juice
large handful of ice
cloudy apple juice
for topping up
1 long strip of cucumber
peeled using a vegetable peeler

Nutrition: Per serving

kcal118
fat0g
saturates0g
carbs9g
sugars9g
fibre0.1g
protein0.3g
salt0.01g

Method

step 1
Mix the mint leaves, gin, elderflower cordial and lemon juice together in the bottom of a tall glass using a long-handled spoon.
step 2
Add a large handful of ice, then top up with the apple juice. Stir well, then drop in the strip of cucumber before serving.