Cucumber-Aloe Cocktail
A refreshing cocktail featuring the crisp flavors of cucumber and shiso leaves, combined with Hendricks gin, aloe juice, and Chartreuse liqueur. This sophisticated drink balances botanical notes with cooling cucumber for a unique summer sipper.
2 servings
5 min
Ingredients
- •8 slices cucumber
- •12 leaves shiso leaves
- •¼ cup Hendricks Gin
- •¼ cup aloe juice
- •2 teaspoons Chartreuse liqueur
- •Ingredient info: Shiso leaves
- •from the perilla plant (also known as Japanese basil)
- •are sold at Japanese markets. Aloe juice is available at better supermarkets and at specialty foods stores.
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Using a muddler or the handle of a wooden spoon, crush and mash cucumber and shiso in a cocktail shaker. Add gin and mash again. Fill shaker halfway with ice cubes. Add tonic, aloe, and Chartreuse. Stir to blend well. Fill 2 Old Fashioned glasses with ice; strain cocktail into glasses.
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