Description
Cucumber Pomegranate Vodka Lemonade. It's fresh and cool cucumber, paired with the sweet pomegranate in a deliciously boozy lemonade.
Ingredients
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- 4 lemons, 1/2 cup or 125ml
- 1/4 cup + 3 tbsp sugar, 80g
- 3 cups water, 750ml
- 1/2 cup vodka, + an extra splash :) 150ml
- 1/2 cup cucumber juice, more or less, add juice of 1/2 English cucumber
- 1/2 cup pomegranate juice, or juice of one pomegranate
- 1 mint sprig, optional
- Ice, optional, for serving
- garnish, e.g. cucumber slices, pomegranate arils, mint sprigs
Instructions
- Begin making the lemonade. Juice the lemons into a small pitcher, add in the sugar. Stir until it's dissolved*. If you want you can also add fresh mint sprigs, and muddle it into either the lemon and sugar.
- When the sugar is dissolved, stir in water and vodka. To make it a mocktail (non-alcoholic), simply leave out the vodka.
- Blend the arils, and once it's smooth, run it through a sieve. You should take a spatula or a spoon and help the mixture through the sieve. Whisk the mixture a bit and press the spatula into the pomegranate mush. Once you get a relatively dry pomegranate mush, discard it.
- Juice the cucumber in a juicer. If you don't have a juicer, you can use the same technique as with the pomegranate juice**.
- Add both juices into the vodka lemonade. Stir and serve! Serve with ice and garnish with mint sprigs, cucumber and/or pomegranate if you want.
Notes
* You don't need to make a simple syrup. You just need to stir a little more, but I think it's worth it, so you don't have to wait the forever it takes for the simple syrup to cool. But if you have it on hand, feel free to use it.
**Â I'd peel the cucumber if they are waxed, otherwise it may ruin the texture of the cucumber juice. Slice off the edges too. Â Then blend and run through a sieve as with the pomegranate.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Inactive Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 0 hours
- Category: Drinks
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Calories: 134