Cucumber Gin & Tonic Slush

Name: Cucumber Gin & Tonic Slush
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 24 h 20 min
Ingredients: 130 g (1 cup) cucumber, peeled and chopped; 40 g (3 tbsp) caster or granulated sugar; 30 ml (2 tbsp) fresh lime juice, about 1 lime; 160 ml (⅔ cup) tonic water (regular, not diet); 90 ml (¼ cup + 2 tbsp) gin

Tonic water, fresh cucumber and lime spun with gin into a pale green, frosty slush. Cool, clean and lightly bitter. Contains alcohol.

Hands-on: 15 min
Freeze: 24 h
Program: Frozen Drink
Makes: 4 glasses6 glasses

VeganContains alcohol

Good forSummer Adults only

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Nutrition

Per 100 g, estimatedPer serving (¼ of a 473 ml16 oz tubpint, about 113 g), estimated

96kcal

0.2 gProtein

0.1 gFat

13 gCarbs

13 gSugar

108kcal

0 gProtein

0 gFat

15 gCarbs

14 gSugar

Whole tubpint: 432 kcal, 1 g protein648 kcal, 2 g protein (709 ml24 oz). No common allergens in the ingredients. Contains alcohol: for adults only.

Ingredients

5 ingredients

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429 of 473 ml643 of 709 ml

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130 g (1 cup)240 ml (130 g)1 cup (130 g)195 g (1½ cups)350 ml (195 g)1½ cups (195 g)cucumber, peeled and choppedcucumber, peeled and choppedcucumber, peeled and chopped
40 g (3 tbsp)45 ml (40 g)3 tbsp (40 g)60 g (¼ cup + 1 tbsp)70 ml (60 g)¼ cup + 1 tbsp (60 g)caster or granulated sugarcaster or granulated sugargranulated sugar
30 ml (2 tbsp)2 tbsp (30 ml)2 tbsp (30 ml)45 ml (3 tbsp)3 tbsp (45 ml)3 tbsp (45 ml)fresh lime juicefresh lime juicefresh lime juiceabout 1 lime (for one 473 ml16 oz tubpint)
160 ml (⅔ cup)160 ml⅔ cup (160 ml)240 ml (1 cup)240 ml1 cup (240 ml)tonic water (regular, not diet)tonic water (regular, not diet)tonic water (regular, not diet)

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90 ml (¼ cup + 2 tbsp)90 ml¼ cup + 2 tbsp (90 ml)135 ml (½ cup + 1 tbsp)140 ml (135 ml)½ cup + 1 tbsp (135 ml)gingingin

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Steps

Blend 130 g cucumber240 ml cucumber1 cup cucumber195 g cucumber350 ml cucumber1½ cups cucumber, 40 g caster or granulated sugar45 ml caster or granulated sugar3 tbsp granulated sugar60 g caster or granulated sugar70 ml caster or granulated sugar¼ cup + 1 tbsp granulated sugar and 30 ml fresh lime juice2 tbsp fresh lime juice2 tbsp fresh lime juice45 ml fresh lime juice3 tbsp fresh lime juice3 tbsp fresh lime juice until completely smooth.
Press it through a fine sieve into a jug with the back of a spoon. Throw away the pulp.
Pour 160 ml tonic water160 ml tonic water⅔ cup tonic water240 ml tonic water240 ml tonic water1 cup tonic water into a wide bowl and whisk for 2–3 minutes, until it stops fizzing. Stir it into the cucumber juice.
Pour the base into an empty tubpint. It stays well below the max fill line, which leaves room for what you add before spinning. Put the lid on and freeze on a level shelf for 24 hours.
Dig a hole about 4 cm1½ in wide down to the bottom of the frozen tubpint. Pour in 90 ml gin90 ml gin¼ cup + 2 tbsp gin135 ml gin140 ml gin½ cup + 1 tbsp gin, then lock it into the machine and run Frozen Drink.

To serve: Serve in large balloon glasses with a thin cucumber ribbon curled inside and a lime wheel.

My notes

Tips

For an alcohol-free version, use the same amount of alcohol-free gin, or of cold tonic water whisked flat, in place of the gin.
Use regular tonic. Diet tonic has no sugar to keep the base soft, so it freezes rock hard.
Peeled cucumber gives a clean, pale slush. For a deeper green and a grassier taste, leave half the peel on; the sieve catches the bits.

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Why it works

Cucumber is almost all water, so tonic and a little sugar bring the base to about 16% sugar, enough to freeze into fine, soft ice instead of a hard block. Whisking the tonic flat stops it foaming over the fill line.

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