Cucumber - Lemongrass Lemonade Recipe
After my first successful experimentation with cocktail recipe (Hot Apple Toddy) I am on a high spirit to style and shoot more and more drinks, sometimes when first trial comes out well it in a way gives you so much confidence to explore new horizons of possibilities and opportunities. Likewise, I always confined my blog to non alcoholic beverage recipes I was not very sure how would be the response to an alcoholic recipe among my readers, but like always I was surprised to read the comments and feedback, everybody loved it and requested for more simple cocktail recipes.
Ingredients
- 1 medium cucumber, peeled and cut into chunks
- 1 stalk lemongrass, bottom part only, roughly chopped
- 6 - 8 fresh basil leaves
- ½ Cup lime juice
- ⅓ Cup sugar syrup
- Salt, as per taste
- Sparkling Himalayan Water, chilled
- To serve:
- Ice cubes
- Cucumber slices and basil leaves for garnish
- Lemongrass sticks as natural cocktail stirrers
Directions
- Combine cucumber chunks, chopped lemongrass and sugar syrup in a blender. Blend until smooth puree is formed.
- Strain through a fine mesh strainer into a pitcher. Discard solids.
- In the pitcher add lime juice, salt and cucumber puree. Whisk to combine.
- Fill in serving glasses with ice cubes, drop in few basil leaves in each glass. Equally divide the liquid mixture among 4 serving glasses.
- Top each glass with chilled Sparkling HImalayan Water.
- Garnish with cucumber slices and basil leaves. Serve chilled.
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 354g | |
| Recipe makes 4 servings | |
| Calories 16 | |
| Calories from Fat 1 | 6% |
| Total Fat 0.14g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat 0.01g | 0% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium 12mg | 1% |
| Potassium 137mg | 4% |
| Total Carbs 4.15g | 1% |
| Dietary Fiber 0.6g | 2% |
| Sugars 1.53g | 1% |
| Protein 0.58g | 1% |
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