Cucumber Cape Codder
"Cranberry and cucumber might sound like an odd couple, but the vegetable really mellows out the berry's tartness. From Martha Stewart. Note: Scraping the cucumber makes the drink more pink (and less orange) colored."
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups English cucumbers, scraped and grated (about 1 cucumber)
- 9 ounces vodka, chilled
- 2 ounces cranberry juice (no sugar added)
- 1⁄2 cup fresh lime juice (from about 4 limes)
- ice, for serving
directions
- To make the simple syrup, bring sugar and water to a boil in a small pot. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, stir in grated cucumber and let cool. Pour through a fine sieve into a bowl or large glass measuring cup and discard solids (you should have 2 cups syrup). The cucumber syrup can be refrigerated up to 3 days.
- Combine cucumber syrup, vodka, cranberry juice and lime juice in a 2-quart pitcher.
- Cocktail can be refrigerated up to 8 hours. Serve over ice and garnish with cucumber wedges.
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Reviews
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Absolutely delicious and very easy to make. It's a great summer drink and extremely refreshing. I would add watermelon ice cubes. Very easy to do. Just chopped up a watermelon into ice cube size and lay them flat onto a cookie sheet. Then just throw them into the freezer. Once frozen you can transport them into a bowl to save space in your freezer.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
gailanng
United States
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