Pimm’s Saigon

Ingredients

• 2 cucumber slices, about 1/4-inch thick
• Half a strawberry
• 4 mint sprigs
• 1 ounce Pimm’s No. 1
• 1 ounce gin
• 2 ½ teaspoons ginger juice (see note)
• 2 ½ teaspoons simple syrup
• 1 ½ tablespoons lime juice
• Club soda or seltzer

One drink

Preparation

1. With a muddler or a wooden spoon, crush cucumber and strawberry half in a cocktail shaker. Add 3 mint sprigs and press them gently.
2. Half fill shaker with ice and add Pimm’s, gin, ginger juice, simple syrup and lime juice. Shake vigorously, strain into a tall glass over fresh ice, and top with soda or seltzer. Garnish with remaining mint sprig and serve with a straw.

• Ginger juice is sold at many juice bars and health food stores.

About 10 minutes