Yield: Eight portions
Ingredients:
½ cup sugar
½ cup water
1 cup Tanqueray or other good quality gin
6 tablespoons dry vermouth
6 cups washed, English/hothouse cucumber, juiced
12 mint leaves
½ cup lime juice
2 egg whites
½ cup white balsamic vinegar
½ cup sugar
1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
8 mint leaves
Method:
Gently heat water and sugar to melt. Chill. Pour into blender. Add gin, vermouth, and cucumber juice, and blend. Add mint leaves and puree, then add lime juice and puree. Chill.
Whisk egg whites until soft peak fluffy. Fold into chilled cucumber puree. Chill for 15 minutes. When puree is cold, churn it in ice cream maker.
For the drizzle, gently heat the balsamic vinegar, sugar, and red pepper flakes to melt and infuse. Chill.
To serve:
Scoop sorbet into a martini glass. Pour a teaspoon of the drizzle over the top. Garnish with a mint leaf. The sorbet will gradually melt, so you can drink it or lick it as you see fit!
Courtesy of Barraud Caterers Limited