English garden cocktail

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Ingredients

5 mint leaves, bruised

30ml gin

2 tsp elderflower cordial (use more or less, depending on how sweet you like it)

2 tsp lemon juice

large handful of ice

cloudy apple juice, for topping up

1 long strip of cucumber, peeled using a vegetable peeler

Mix the mint leaves, gin, elderflower cordial and lemon juice together in the bottom of a tall glass using a long-handled spoon.

Add a large handful of ice, then top up with the apple juice. Stir well, then drop in the strip of cucumber before serving.