White Linen Cocktail
The White Linen cocktail is the perfect elderflower and gin drink for summer! It features fresh lemon, cucumber and St Germain liqueur.
Servings: 1 cocktail
Calories: 197kcal
Equipment
- Fine mesh strainer (optional)
- Cocktail serving glass (stemless wine glass, Collins glass or double old fashioned glass will all work)
- Cocktail pick (for cucumber garnish)
- Vegetable peeler (if making cucumber ribbon garnish)
- Knife and cutting board (to cut up cucumber slices and lemon)
Ingredients
Garnish (optional)
- 1 cucumber ribbon (use the part without seeds if you want to skewer it on a cocktail pick)
- 1 lemon slice
Cocktail
- 3 slices cucumber
- 1 ounce lemon juice
- ½ ounce simple syrup
- ½ ounce elderflower liqueur
- 1½ ounce gin (Hendrick's works great, or use your favorite gin)
- 2 ounces seltzer
Instructions
Garnish (optional)
- Use a vegetable peeler to create the cucumber ribbon.
- Shape the cucumber ribbon into the shape you want (roll it up or make a zig zag) and skewer it onto a cocktail pick.
- Set the cucumber aside, then make your lemon slice and set that aside while you make the drink.
Cocktail
- Add the cucumber slices to a cocktail shaker.
- Add in the lemon juice and simple syrup.
- Use a muddler to mash up the cucumbers.
- Add in the elderflower liqueur and gin.
- Fill the cocktail shaker with ice.
- Seal it up and shake 15-20 times.
- Add ice and the lemon slice to your cocktail serving glass.
- Strain the drink into your glass.
- Top it off with the seltzer water.
- Add the cucumber garnish to the top, and serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 197kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 21mg | Potassium: 69mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 17IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg