Best Cucumber Elderflower Spritzer Recipes

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.

Strawberry-Cucumber Gin-Elderflower Spritz image

Provided by Martha Stewart

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.

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.

Elderflower Spritz image

Yield makes 1 drink

Number Of Ingredients 4

4 ounces Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut champagne
2 ounces St-Germain elderflower liqueur
2 ounces club soda
3 thinly sliced lemon wheels

Steps:

Fill a large wine goblet with ice. Carefully pour the champagne over the large cold ice cubes, followed by the St-Germain, and finish with the club soda. Add the lemon wheels and stir slightly.
Dominant Flavors: floral with pear and grapefruit
Body: light, effervescent
Dryness: medium to off-dry
Complexity: low
Accentuating or Contrasting Flavors: summer fruits like apricot from the champagne against citrus
Finish: short, sweet
Glass: large wine goblet