Cucumber Yum-Yum

Image credit: Michael Bothager

Cucumber Yum-Yum won the Danish National Drinks championship in 2009. Hardeep Rehal (from the “1105” cocktail bar in central Copenhagen) invented and presented the Cucumber Yum-Yum to the jury in the contest.

Ingredients

• 5 cl Gin
• 1½ cl Aalborg Jubilee aquavit
• 3 cl acacia honey
• 2 cl. freshly squeezed lime juice
• 4 fresh raspberries (not from the freezer!)
• 5 slices of fresh cucumber
• crushed ice

How to mix the Cucumber Yum-Yum

1. Muddle cucumber and raspberries in a cocktail shaker.
2. Pour the rest of the ingredients into the shaker.
3. Shake-shake-shake!
4. Pout crushed is into a rocks-type glass.
5. Pour the contents form the shaker through a strainer into the glass.
6. Garnish with a whole raspberry and a twist of cucumber peel.
7. Serve.