Cucumber, Kumquat, and Mint Vodka Cocktail
photo by Ambervim
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup English cucumber, diced
- 1⁄2 cup mint leaf, roughly chopped
- 1⁄2 cup kumquat, quartered
- 4 tablespoons lime juice
- 8 ounces vodka, high quality
- 2 ounces orange-flavored liqueur, Cointreau
- 4 ounces club soda
- crushed ice
directions
- Fill 4 cocktail glasses evenly with the cucumber, mint, and kumquats. Add 1 teaspoon of superfine sugar to each glass. Using a muddler, smash the ingredients in each glass slightly to release flavors and juices.
- Add 1 TBS lime juice into each glass.
- Add crushed ice into each glass filling 3/4 full. Add the vodka, orange liquer, and club soda in order to each glass.
- Serve with a wedge of cucumber as a garnish.
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Reviews
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Smooth. I made quick simple syrup as I had no superfine sugar. Easy, quick and tasty. Both of my kumquat trees are presenting right now, so I have plenty of them I just got a new mint plant so I will have that in the yard. Key lime is producing and I have a soda maker and just got the co2 filled today. Vodka and Gran Mariner on the shelf. As long as the cucumber lasts, it's made in the shade.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Melanie B.
Gilbert, 41
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