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45 ml Gin, 15 ml Maraschino liqueur, 15 ml Lemon juice, 7.5 ml Crème de violette, 1 Maraschino cherry
Pimm's and Ginger
Pimm's and ginger ale - the fruit cup with a bit more warmth.
Refreshing
Easy
4 min
Photo: Pimms No 1 Cup - pouring by Dinner Series · CC BY 2.0 · All credits
Ingredients
- 50 ml Jigger The large side of a standard jigger, filled to the top: 50 ml, with 25 ml on the other side. Pimm's No. 1
- 150 ml Jigger Three large sides (3 x 50 ml) of a standard jigger. Ginger ale - A dry, gingery one - the sweeter the ale, the sweeter the drink
- 1 ribbon Cucumber ribbon
- 1 berry Strawberry (optional)
- 1 slice Orange (optional)
- 1 sprig Mint sprig
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What the jigger, the spoons and the jug hold, in millilitres and in fluid ounces, is on the measures reference.
Quick version
- Pimm's over ice in a big glass, ginger ale on top, cucumber and mint in.
Method
- Fill a large wine glass with ice.
- Pour in the Pimm's and top with ginger ale.
- Stir once, gently.
- Coil the cucumber ribbon inside the glass and finish with mint.
Serve it
Pimm's and Ginger
The Pimm's Cup is usually a lemonade drink, but once you have tried it with a dry ginger ale you may not go back: the ginger picks up the spice in the fruit cup and gives the whole thing a warm, gingery edge that lemonade simply does not have. It is the same three-to-one build, with a different bottle.
Getting it right
Ginger ale is doing the work here, so choose one with actual ginger heat - a dry, grown-up ale rather than a cream-soda-sweet one. Keep to 50 ml of Pimm's to 150 ml of ale, serve it in a large glass with plenty of ice, and lean on the cucumber and mint rather than on extra fruit: with ginger in the mix, a glass crowded with strawberries starts to taste like a fruit salad. A squeeze of lemon over the top is a fine addition if your ale is on the sweet side.
Tasting notes
Bittersweet orange and herbs, ginger warmth underneath, and cool cucumber and mint on the finish. More grown-up than its lemonade cousin and just as easy to drink.
If you like the ginger, the ginger beer version is bolder still - same build, louder drink.
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