Homemade Pimms
Nothing brings in summer like a cool refreshing glass of Pimms. This homemade version is delicious and great fun to have a bash at.
Servings: 3 servings
Calories: 590kcal
Ingredients
For the cucumber mint syrup:
- 250 ml water
- 250 ml white sugar
- ½ cucumber
- tiny handful lemon verbena
- 2 sprigs apple mint
For the Pimms:
- 300 ml Gin
- 200 ml Red Vermouth Martini Rosso
- 100 ml Orange Curacao Triple Sec
- 1 tbsp Aperol
- 200 ml summer cup syrup
For mixing:
- Either lemonade, ginger ale, tonic water or iced tea
For serving:
- Strawberries, mint leaves and cucumber
- Slices of orange, apple, lemon and other fruits are optional
Instructions
- To make the syrup, heat the water and sugar in a small saucepan until the sugar has completely dissolved.
- Add the other ingredients and bring to a gentle simmer. Simmer for 5 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and set aside the saucepan to cool and the flavours to infuse for 1-2 hours. Strain then decant the syrup into a jar, you won’t need all of it for the recipe.
- Mix 200ml of the syrup with the alcohol, stirring it all together well. Decant into a jar until you are ready to drink it.
- Make up with 1 part summer cup to 3 parts mixer, plenty of ice and lots of mint, cucumber and chopped fruit.
- The summer cup will keep happily in your drinks cabinet for the whole of the summer, not that mine lasted the week.
Nutrition
Calories: 590kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 74mg | Potassium: 68mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 75IU | Vitamin C: 1.6mg | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 0.1mg