Cucumber Lychee Sake

• 4 long thin slices fresh ginger
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 English cucumbers, plus extra slices for garnish
• 1/2 cup sake
• 1/4 cup lychee juice, plus lychees for garnish

1. Make ginger simple syrup by combining ginger, and 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar in a small saucepan and simmer until sugar has dissolved.
2. Set aside to cool.
3. Peel cucumbers and cut half of 1 into thin slices.
4. Puree the remaining 1 1/2 cucumbers in a blender.
5. In a shaker, combine sake, pureed cucumber, ginger simple syrup and lychee juice.
6. Shake to combine and serve in ice filled glasses garnished with lychee fruit.

ginger, water, sugar, cucumbers, sake, lychee juice

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/cucumber-lychee-sake-recipe.html (may not work)