My Fruity Pimms

Name: My Fruity Pimms
Yield: Makes 1
Ingredients: 2-3 sprigs mint; a few dried borage flowers (or young fresh leaves or flowers); a few dried borage flowers (or young fresh leaves or flowers); 75 ml good-quality ginger ale; 100 ml good-quality lemonade; 2 shots Pimm’s No.1 Cup; ¼ cucumber; a few dried borage flowers (or young fresh leaves or flowers); 1 slice unwaxed orange; 1 slice unwaxed lemon; ice cubes

Preparation info

Makes
1

Difficulty
Easy

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By Adam Byatt

Published 2010

About

Pimms made correctly is a great drink; made badly it is just a boozy fruit salad. The Pimms we make at Trinity goes down a storm on Sundays in summer, and the key to our recipe is not to over-garnish. Everything that goes into the glass should be there to bring out the flavour of the base spirit and nothing more.

Ingredients

¼ cucumber
2 shots Pimm’s No.1 Cup
100 ml good-quality

Vegan
Drinks
Gluten-free
Summer

Method

Preparation

Leaving the skin on, peel the cucumber in tagliatelle-like strips until you reach the seeds.

Combine the Pimm’s, lemonade and ginger ale in a long, ice-filled glass along with the lemon and orange slices and the borage, mint and cucumber strips. Stir with a straw and serve.