Sorbet + Booze: Gin and Tonic with Cucumber-Lime Sorbet

I'm back with Day 2 of a week of sorbet + booze concoctions. Today's drink is a classic with a bit of a twist.

Be sure to check out all the recipes and combinations from this glorious week of sorbet + booze:

Day 1: Champagne with Grapefruit-Elderflower Sorbet

Day 2: Gin & Tonic with Cucumber-Lime Sorbet

Day 3: Bourbon Neat with Ginger-Lime Sorbet

Day 4: Summer Sangria with Peach-Almond Sorbet

GIN and TONIC with CUCUMBER-LIME SORBET

Cucumber-Lime Sorbet

Ingredients
1 Cucumber
2 cups Water
3/4 cup Sugar
1 tbsp Vodka*
Juice of 1/2 Lime

Directions

Peel and cut cucumber in half lengthwise and spoon out and discard the seeds. Finely shred one half and grate the other half of the cucumber. Combine sugar, water, and grated cucumber in a saucepan.  Stirring frequently, dissolve sugar in water over medium-high heat to create a cucumber-infused simple syrup.   Once dissolved, allow simple syrup to stand for 5 minutes, and then strain into a bowl. Chill mixture until cool

Stir in the lime juice, vodka, and finely shredded cucumber. Freeze in ice cream maker according to directions.

*In this case, the vodka serves a very practical purpose.  It allows the sorbet to keep a nice, slushy texture without freezing into an unmanageable block of ice.

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Ingredients
2 scoops Cucumber Lime-Sorbet
1 part Gin
3 parts Tonic

Directions Stir gin and tonic together in a Collins glass and drop in two scoops of sorbet. Garnish with a slice of cucumber.

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