Cucumber Lychee Sake
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 2 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 2 servings
- Calories
- 528
- Total Fat
- 0
- Saturated Fat
- 0
- Carbohydrates
- 118
- Dietary Fiber
- 2
- Sugar
- 108
- Protein
- 2
- Cholesterol
- 0
- Sodium
- 13
- Total: 12 min
- Prep: 7 min
- Cook: 5 min
Ingredients
4 long thin slices fresh ginger
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
2 English cucumbers, plus extra slices for garnish
1/2 cup sake
1/4 cup lychee juice, plus lychees for garnish
Directions
- Make ginger simple syrup by combining ginger, and 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar in a small saucepan and simmer until sugar has dissolved. Set aside to cool. Peel cucumbers and cut half of 1 into thin slices. Puree the remaining 1 1/2 cucumbers in a blender. In a shaker, combine sake, pureed cucumber, ginger simple syrup and lychee juice. Shake to combine and serve in ice filled glasses garnished with lychee fruit.