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Cucumber-Aloe Cocktail

Name: Cucumber-Aloe Cocktail
Cuisine: japanese
Ingredients: 8 1/4"-thick slices cucumber; 12 small fresh shiso leaves; 1/4 cup Hendrick's Gin; 6 tablespoons tonic water; 1/4 cup aloe juice; 2 teaspoons Chartreuse liqueur; Ingredient info: Shiso leaves, from the perilla plant (also known as Japanese basil), are sold at Japanese markets. Aloe juice is available at better supermarkets and at specialty foods stores.

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Using a muddler or the handle of a wooden spoon, crush and mash cucumber and shiso in a cocktail shaker. Add gin and mash again. Fill shaker halfway with ice cubes. Add tonic, aloe, and Chartreuse. Stir to blend well. Fill 2 Old Fashioned glasses with ice; strain cocktail into glasses.

Recipes sourced from Epicurious.com.

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