Monday, April 14, 2008

Success!


Determined not to be beat by the semi-failure of last week's Drink of the Week, I experimented with perfecting it. Molly (and Brandon) - - THANK YOU! Brandon suggested to Molly that I don't need to juice the cucumber (which I was absolutely dreading), but instead I should just muddle the cucumbers with the other ingredients and it would work fine. Fine? It was Perfect! I got out one of my nicest pitchers (I just knew this drink was going to deserve to be in a fancy pitcher) and filled it with cucumber slices, mint leaves and a little bit of sugar (I thought maybe the grit of the sugar would help with the muddling. No idea if that is true. I often do stuff like that) and muddled away. And then muddled some more, and some more. Then I squeezed half of a lemon over the muddled mess and poured tonic over the top almost filling the pitcher. I used tonic rather than club soda, since it has sweetness and bitterness - - just like me. A splash of rose's sweetened lime juice and a big hearty stir and we were ready to go. I took a test sip (uh - yum!) and popped it in the fridge. Now I was giddy with excitement. This was good. So much better. Dumb Mr. Q Cumber soda trying to screw up my Drink of the Week. I'll show you. Lisa and Jeff arrived about an hour later (plenty of time for the drink to chill to perfection) and I quickly served up a round of elixirs. Andrew said that he didn't want one quite yet, but I poured him one anyway. I was just that confident. For it is quite possibly the drink of the summer (I know it's not summer yet, but it was 92 degrees yesterday so that must count for something). We drank the whole pitcher quite quickly and then mourned the fact that I was out of tonic and cucumbers so we would have to switch to somethin boring like beer. I'll definitely be running out to the store today for more cucumbers, and you, my friend, should do the same.

New and Improved Cucumber Lemon Elixir

1 medium cucumber (not the fancy kind, the old school kind)- peeled and sliced
1 lemon
1 big handful of mint leaves
1/4 cup sugar (any kind will do, just don't use powdered sugar, silly)
1 liter tonic water
gin or vodka (tried 'em both and they both taste great)
rose's sweetened lime juice

In a large pitcher muddle the cucumber slices (make sure not to slice them too, too thin), mint leaves and sugar. Then add the juice of half a lemon (slice the other half for garnishes). Top off with tonic water and a splaaaaaaaaash (that's a bigger than normal splash) of rose's lime juice. Stir and chill.

To serve: Add one ounce of vodka or gin to an ice filled glass. Fill glasses with the cucumber mint mixture. Stir. Garnish with mint and lemon. Drink. Enjoy. And don't forget to eat the cucumber pieces - - they are delicious.

11 comments:

Molly said...

Oh yes yes yes! So glad it worked! WHOOOOP! Off to tell Brandon...

xo

Unknown said...

She told me and I'm so proud!!!! I'll have to put it on the menu at the restaurant and name it after you!

jen gotch said...

You guys are too much. Thank you again for that. So delicious and much easier than juicing. What was I thinking? Brandon- - a drink on the menu? Amazing! Naming it after me? Amazing! Will you call it "36 year old blond that should eat less, exercise more and pay the bills every once in a while," or is that not catchy?

Janelle said...

What a brilliant collaboration you have here!
I cannot wait to try this. I'm making a batch for my next party. Thanks for a brilliant recipe!!

RunGirl. said...

This sounds very tasty. I live in Washington, DC and I love your blog ... I too want to become a foodie

nosheteria said...

Mmm, now that is what I call the perfect summer cocktail. Off to go try that out, even if it is only Tuesday!

Cheryl Arkison said...

That has taken over my maragarita craving... once this baby is out of me!

Anonymous said...

I made the drink for my husband last night. We both thought it was nice and refreshing! Perfect drink for the warmer weather that is just around the corner. We used organic cane sugar and Beefeater Vodka.

Thanks!

Anonymous said...

hi jen

i love your blog - both of them actually - and this drink sounds AMAZING! the sun is actually shining in edinburgh (oh to live in california...) these days so it's definitely on my list of things to make this weekend.

i think it would be really good with hendricks gin (www.hendricksgin.com) which is distilled with botanicals and cucumber - yum - and no, i'm not employed by them!

i've added a link to your site from mine and i check in often so thanks for the great posts.

carine
x

carine said...

hi jen

i love your blog - both of them actually - and this drink sounds AMAZING! the sun is actually shining in edinburgh (oh to live in california...) these days so it's definitely on my list of things to make this weekend.

i think it would be really good with hendricks gin (www.hendricksgin.com) which is distilled with botanicals and cucumber - yum - and no, i'm not employed by them!

i've added a link to your site from mine and i check in often so thanks for the great posts.

carine
x

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