Celebrate summer with an English garden cocktail. It’s a refreshing mix of gin, elderflower cordial and apple juice, plus mint, lemon and cucumber flavours
Prep:5 mins
Serves 1
5 mint leaves, bruised 30ml gin2 tsp elderflower cordial (use more or less, depending on how sweet you like it)2 tsp lemon juicelarge handful of icecloudy apple juice, for topping up1 long strip of cucumber, peeled using a vegetable peeler
STEP 1Mix the mint leaves, gin, elderflower cordial and lemon juice together in the bottom of a tall glass using a long-handled spoon.STEP 2Add a large handful of ice, then top up with the apple juice. Stir well, then drop in the strip of cucumber before serving.
