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    Serve the ultimate country-club libation: gimlets. Swap out vodka and Rose's lime juice for cucumber gin, fresh lime, and simple syrup tinged with mint, and then serve with tea sandwiches. Polka dot napkins in a shade that matches the drink pack a coordinating graphic punch. "Pearls" paper napkin, $5 for 20, casparionline.com.
    Martha Stewart Weddings, Spring 2009
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    Ingredients

    • 4 1/2 cups Cucumber Gin (or 2 oz.), how-to follows
    • 2 1/4 cups fresh lime juice (or 1 oz.)
    • 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons Mint Simple Syrup (or 1/2 oz.), how-to follows
    • Cucumber peels, for garnish
    • Fresh mint sprigs, for garnish

  • Cucumber Gin

    • Steep 2 1/2 cups diced, peeled cucumber in 4 1/2 cups gin, covered and chilled, 8 hours to 4 days (or 1/2 cup cucumber in 1 cup gin). Strain; store indefinitely in the refrigerator.

  • Mint Simple Syrup

    • Heat 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water over medium-high heat, stirring until dissolved. Add 1 cup mint leaves; remove from heat. Cover; steep 30 minutes to 1 hour. Strain; discard mint. Refrigerate up to 2 months.

    • Directions

    1. In a 2-quart pitcher, stir gin, lime juice,

      and syrup. Refrigerate. To serve, pour

      into a cocktail shaker filled with ice,

      shake vigorously, and divide among

      ice-filled 10-ounce glasses. (For a single

      drink, mix in a cocktail

      shaker filled

      with ice, and shake.) Garnish each with

      cucumber peel and mint.

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