Best Elderflower Cucumber Gts Recipes

Make-Ahead Cucumber-Elderflower Sangria image

Provided by Food Network

Time 3h5m

Yield 10 to 12 servings (about 7 cups)

Number Of Ingredients 7

8 ounces cucumber- and rose-infused gin, such as Hendrick's Gin
8 ounces elderflower liqueur, such as St. Germain
1 cup limeade, store-bought or homemade
1 medium English cucumber, cut into round slices (about 3 cups)
One 750-milliliter bottle dry white wine, such as Pinot Grigio
Fresh mint sprigs, for garnish
Ice, for serving

Steps:

Stir together the gin, elderflower liqueur, limeade, cucumber slices and wine in a carafe or pitcher. Wrap and refrigerate until chilled and the cucumbers infuse the mixture, about 3 hours. Serve over ice in small rocks glasses. Garnish each drink with a mint sprig.

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.