Best Cucumber Elderflower Spritzer Recipes

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BLACKBERRY, CUCUMBER, GINGER SPRITZER



Blackberry, Cucumber, Ginger Spritzer image

Provided by Kelsey Nixon

Categories     beverage

Time P3DT1h15m

Yield 8 drinks

Number Of Ingredients 12

2 cups blackberries
2 cups sugar
2 cups apple cider vinegar
One 6-inch piece ginger, sliced into coins and smashed
2 mixed berry herbal tea bags
Ice
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup elderflower syrup
Seltzer water, to top off
24 slices cucumber (3 slices per drink), for garnish
8 thinly sliced ginger coins, for garnish
8 fresh mint sprigs, for garnish

Steps:

  • For the sipping vinegar: Mash the blackberries and sugar together in a bowl, cover and refrigerate for 2 days, stirring occasionally. Add the vinegar to the macerated blackberries and refrigerate for another day. Press the mixture through a fine mesh strainer, discarding the solids. Transfer your sipping vinegar to a container.
  • For the herbal tea: Combine the ginger and 2 1/2 cups water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the tea bags and turn off the heat. Let the mixture steep for 5 minutes, then strain and cool.
  • For the spritzer: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add 2 ounces blackberry sipping vinegar, 2 ounces cooled herbal tea, 1/2 ounce lemon juice and 1/2 ounce elderflower syrup. Shake vigorously and pour over a glass filled with ice. Top off with some seltzer and garnish with 3 cucumber slices, 1 ginger coin and a mint sprig. Repeat.

STRAWBERRY-CUCUMBER GIN-ELDERFLOWER SPRITZ



Strawberry-Cucumber Gin-Elderflower Spritz image

This pretty-in-pink summer drink is like a Pimm's cup with a French accent. The muddled cucumber with its watery flesh, sweet strawberry, and gin mixture is not only refreshing but can be also made ahead of time and stored in the fridge, covered, up to eight hours.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Drink Recipes     Cocktail Recipes

Time 15m

Number Of Ingredients 7

12 strawberries, hulled and sliced (1 1/4 cups), plus whole berries for serving
12 thin cucumber slices, halved (3/4 cup), plus whole rounds for serving
2 tablespoons superfine sugar
3 ounces fresh lemon juice
9 ounces gin, such as Citadelle, chilled
6 ounces St-Germain, chilled
Club soda, chilled; and Peychaud's bitters, for serving

Steps:

  • Muddle sliced strawberries, halved cucumber slices, sugar, and lemon juice in the bottom of a pitcher until fruits break down and release most of their juices and sugar has dissolved. Stir in gin and St-Germain to combine. Fill 6 glasses halfway with ice. Divide fruit-and-gin mixture evenly among glasses. Top each with 1 to 2 ounces club soda; stir once. Top each with a few dashes of bitters, whole strawberries, and cucumber rounds; serve immediately.

CUCUMBER-ELDERFLOWER SPARKLERS



Cucumber-Elderflower Sparklers image

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Time 45m

Yield 6 to 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 Persian cucumbers
Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lime
3/4 cup elderflower liqueur (such as St-Germain)
Orange bitters
6 to 8 sugar cubes
1 750-ml bottle champagne or other sparkling white wine, chilled

Steps:

  • Grate the cucumbers on the large holes of a box grater into a medium bowl. Wrap the grated cucumber in a piece of cheesecloth or a clean kitchen towel and squeeze the cucumber juice into a pitcher; discard the grated cucumber. Stir the lime zest and juice, elderflower liqueur and 5 or 6 dashes orange bitters into the cucumber juice. Refrigerate until ready to serve, at least 30 minutes.
  • Drop a sugar cube into each flute and add a few dashes of orange bitters to each. Pour the champagne into the pitcher and stir. Pour into the flutes.

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