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The Cucitini

Featured item: AUG 2, 2007

This refreshing summer cocktail with cucumber and mint will help you keep your cool.

This green drink gets even greener with organic vodka. And if you can get organic or locally grown cucumbers, lime, and mint—all the better.

The Cucitini

Ingredients:

2 oz Vodka
1 oz lime juice
2 slices cucumber
2 sprigs mint
1 dash orange bitters
1 oz simple syrup (Equal parts sugar and water. Shake. No cooking required.)

Garnish
1 slice cucumber, mint leaves

In the bottom of a shaker add cucumber, sprigs of mint, bitters, and 1 oz syrup; muddle gently. Add vodka and ice. Shake vigorously, strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with mint leaves and cucumber slice.—Recipe by Michael Green