Cucumber-Ginger Fizzes

Name: Cucumber-Ginger Fizzes
Yield: makes 8
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups vodka; 2 English cucumbers (1 peeled and coarsely chopped, 1 whole); 1 lime, cut into 8 wedges; 2 bottles (750 ml each) sparkling water; 1/2 to 1 cup Ginger Simple Syrup (recipe page 614)

January 26, 2012

Recipe information

Yield
makes 8

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups vodka

2 English cucumbers (1 peeled and coarsely chopped, 1 whole)

1 lime, cut into 8 wedges

2 bottles (750 ml each) sparkling water

1/2 to 1 cup Ginger Simple Syrup (recipe page 614)

Preparation

Step 1
Put vodka and the chopped cucumber into a nonreactive container. Refrigerate 1 hour. Strain; discard cucumber. Refrigerate until ready to use, up to 2 days.
Step 2
Using a vegetable peeler, shave the remaining cucumber lengthwise into wide strips; discard seeds.
Step 3
Fill 8 glasses with ice. Add 3 cucumber strips and 3 tablespoons infused vodka to each glass. Squeeze a lime wedge into each, and drop into drink. Top with sparkling water, and stir in 1 to 2 tablespoons of the ginger syrup. Serve immediately.

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Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group. Buy the full book from Amazon.

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