Tuesday Treat

Menu Mistress

Eastern Standard (Serves 1)

We recently visited friends in their new house. We were extremely impressed by their new digs particularly when we discovered that they had set aside one room for a very grown up ‘bar’ – it was very ‘Soho House’!.. I was even more impressed when they served this cocktail!… Summer was made for it…

3 slices of cucumber

3 fresh mint leaves

50ml Gin

12.5ml lime juice

10ml sugar syrup

Handful of ice cubes

Garnish: 1 thin slice of cucumber

  1. In the base of a cocktail shaker muddle the mint together with the cucumber slices.
  2. Add the other ingredients and the ice, then shake until the mixture is well chilled, 15-20 seconds.
  3. Strain into a chilled glass and serve with a slice of cucmber.

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Cooking has always been something I've enjoyed, I have an extensive collection of cookbooks, some are well thumbed whilst others collect dust on the shelves; I can’t bear to get rid of any cook book, just in case one day I might use it for that one obscure recipe - light on a rainy day! I enjoy eating out and discovering new flavours, whether it’s just a local haunt or a ‘dress up’ to dinner restaurant - food is my hobby! In my opinion food is the one of the most important pieces of knowledge you need to know about any culture in order to really understand it, so when we go away, it’s not the local sights that I’m googling but the best place to eat! I'm not one of those fortunate cooks who can throw something together by looking at the contents of their fridge, I need a plan to work with, then I organise my fridge around the recipe. I am however a very organised person, you might even call me a control freak! I love the orderly fashion of a recipe, I find it soothing to have a plan in front of me, so the thought of trawling through my recipe books and trying new recipes is my idea of a perfect afternoon. But I realise that this is not everyones idea of fun, hence the birth of this blog. This blog is essentially for people who adore food but don’t have the time, patience or energy to search through cook books to find that winning recipe – that’s the job of Menu Mistress!

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