Make your own lemonade to lift the flavour of this vodka and cucumber cocktail, though you can use shop-bought to make the recipe even quicker and easier
Prep:12 mins
Serves 6
170g golden granulated sugar6 large unwaxed lemons, juiced, plus extra lemon slices to serve2 organic medium cucumbers, chopped into cubesice300ml vodkasoda water, for topping up
STEP 1Mix the sugar with 180ml hot water in a heatproof bowl until the sugar has dissolved. Leave to cool completely. Stir in the lemon juice.STEP 2Tip the cucumbers into a blender with a splash of water and blitz until liquified. Tip some ice, the vodka, the lemonade from step 1 and the puréed cucumbers (see tip, below) into a large pitcher and stir well.STEP 3Top up the pitcher with soda water and stir well again, then drop in a few lemon slices just before serving.
