Cucumber Mint Cooler
Cucumber, mint, lime and sugar blended with cold water and strained into a pitcher over ice.
Photograph credit: Clear Drinking Glass With Cucumber Cooler by bams awey · Pexels License · Pexels
Make Ahead and Storage
Best on the day. Keeps in the fridge for 1 day; stir before pouring.
Cucumber Mint Cooler: The Method
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Blend the cucumber, mint, lime juice, sugar and 350 ml of the water until smooth.
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Strain through a fine sieve into a jug, pressing the pulp with a spoon.
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Stir in the remaining water and taste, adding more sugar if needed.
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Serve over the ice with extra mint and cucumber slices.
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Worth Knowing
- Strain through a fine sieve.
- Press the pulp.
- Taste before serving.
- Serve over lots of ice.
Some Background
On a hot afternoon, in the garden, with a jug on the table: that is when this drink earns its place. It tastes of very little but cold, green and fresh, which is exactly what is wanted.
Blend the cucumber with the mint, lime juice, sugar and half the water until smooth, and strain through a fine sieve. The sieve matters because unstrained cucumber leaves a pulp that settles at the bottom. Press the pulp with a spoon to get every drop. Most of the flavour sits in the juice you can squeeze out.
Add the remaining water and taste. A spoonful more sugar rounds off the edges if the cucumber is bitter. Chill the jug for at least 30 minutes if you can, though ice will do the job if you cannot.
Serve it over plenty of ice with extra mint leaves and thin slices of cucumber in each glass. For a longer drink, top up with sparkling water.
Good Alongside
Cucumber sandwiches · Scones · Barbecue food · Fresh salads
Swaps and Variations
- Lemon is the everyday swap for limes in this kind of dish — the acidity plays the same role even though the flavour is not identical.
Cucumber Mint Cooler Nutrition
Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.
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