Ingredients:
1 oz. fresh cucumber juice
1 oz. gin
1 oz. ginger simple syrup (recipe follows)
1 oz. fresh lime juice
club soda
Juice about two inches of a cucumber or muddle and strain pieces of fresh cucumber to obtain 1 oz. of juice.
Mix juices, syrup and gin in shaker with ice.
Shake for 20 seconds.
Top off with club soda.
Serve with a cucumber slice and an ice ball.
Ginger Simple Syrup
Ingredients:
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
4 oz. ginger, peeled and chopped
Add sugar and water to pot and bring to boil.
Once sugar is incorporated, remove from heat.
Add ginger to mixture and let steep 2 hours.
Strain mixture through fine strainer.
Refrigerate remaining syrup.
Lasts about one month in fridge.