Cocktail hour: Cucumber Yum Yum

Cucumber? Raspberry? Yes, please. Before you're put off by the uber-cutesy name, give this a try — we wouldn't have posted it if it didn't look delicious.

Cucumber Yum Yum Cocktail
— recipe via Epicurious

At 1105, a bar in Copenhagen, juniper-inflected gin is paired with caraway-flavored aquavit, Scandinavia's traditional eau-de-vie.

Ingredients:

12 1/8-inch-thick slices English hothouse cucumber, divided 10 fresh raspberries, divided 1/4 cup gin 1/4 cup acacia honey 2 tablespoons (scant) aquavit* 2 tablespoons (scant) fresh lime juice Crushed ice Preparation:
Using muddler or handle of wooden spoon, mash 10 cucumber slices and 8 raspberries in cocktail shaker. Add gin, honey, aquavit, and lime juice. Shake vigorously 20 times. Fill 2 old-fashioned glasses with crushed ice. Strain cucumber mixture into glasses, dividing equally. Garnish each drink with 1 cucumber slice and 1 raspberry and serve.

— Lead art from First Look, Then Cook blog.

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