Cucumber Cooler Recipes

CUCUMBER COOLER

Steps:

• In a blender, puree cucumbers and water. Pour through a fine-mesh sieve set over a large bowl, pressing on solids (you should have about 2 cups juice; refrigerate overnight, if desired). In a pitcher, mash fresh mint leaves with back of a wooden spoon until bruised. Add cucumber juice, lime, club soda, and agave nectar or honey; stir to combine. Fill 4 glasses with ice, top with drink, and serve with thinly sliced cucumber.

MELON-CUCUMBER COOLERS

Steps:

• Combine the melon, cucumber, sugar, lemon juice and 1 cup water in a blender and puree until smooth. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a pitcher, using a ladle to push the mixture through.
• Add the vodka and liqueur to the pitcher and stir to combine. Refrigerate until cold, at least 30 minutes or up to 4 hours. Divide among ice-filled glasses; garnish with cucumber spears.

CUCUMBER COOLER

Steps:

• Combine the cucumber, lime juice, sugar, and water in a food processor; puree.

WATERMELON-CUCUMBER COOLER

Steps:

• Set a large fine-mesh sieve over a large bowl or pitcher. In a food processor or blender, puree watermelon. Pour watermelon puree through sieve, pressing on solids with a rubber spatula (you should have about 2 cups juice). Puree English cucumber and pour through sieve into watermelon juice.
• In a small bowl or measuring cup, stir together lime juice and honey. Add to watermelon and cucumber juices, along with vodka. Adjust sweetness with more honey if desired. To serve, fill four glasses with ice and top each with cocktail. Garnish with cucumber slices.

CUCUMBER COOLER SLUSHIES

Steps:

• Peel, seed and chop 2 seedless cucumbers; freeze 2 hours. Chill 4 tall glasses. Blend the frozen cucumbers, 3 ounces gin, 2 ounces elderflower liqueur, 1/2 cup fresh mint and 1/4 cup frozen lemonade concentrate until slushy. Pour into the glasses; top with seltzer and stir. Garnish with cucumber.

CUCUMBER COOLER

Steps:

• Peel cucumber and cut into chunks. In a blender blend cucumber with remaining ingredients until completely smooth and pour into a glass pitcher. Cooler may be made 6 hours ahead and chilled, covered. Stir cooler before serving.

CUCUMBER MELON COOLER

Steps:

• Remove rind from honeydew and cut into chunks.
• Peel cucumber, cut 8 nice slices from the middle to use as garnish and cut the rest of the cucumber into chunks.
• Using a blender and working in 2 batches, puree the melon, cucumber and water.
• Strain mixture and discard solids.
• Whisk sugar and lemon juice into the liquids remaining from melon/cucumber.
• Taste it and add up to 2 cups more water if it is too concentrated for your liking.
• Refrigerate until chilled and serve over ice with a floating slice of cucumber as a garnish.

WATERMELON CUCUMBER COOLER RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a small pot over medium heat, combine the sugar and water. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar completely.
• Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the cucumber. Let steep, covered, for at least 4 hours or up to overnight.
• Strain the syrup through a fine-mesh sieve or cheesecloth, pushing to extract as much syrup as possible. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.
• In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine the gin, watermelon juice, lime juice, and simple syrup. Shake vigorously for 20 seconds.
• Strain into a glass filled with ice and top with club soda.
• Garnish with the cucumber slice.
• Enjoy!