Pimms Cup With Muddled Cucumber

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/4-inch-thick slice of unpeeled cucumber
• 1 1/2 ounces Pimms No. 1
• 1/2 ounce gin, preferably Beefeater
• 1 ounce lemon juice
• Seltzer or sparkling water
• Lemon wedges, for garnish
• Mint, for garnish.

1. Make a simple syrup: in a small pan, heat sugar and 1 cup water; boil until sugar is melted.
2. Cool.
3. (It keeps in the refrigerator for weeks.)
4. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the cucumber.
5. Add the Pimms, gin, lemon juice and 3/4-ounce simple syrup.
6. Shake.
7. Strain into a Collins glass filled with ice.
8. Top with seltzer or sparkling water.
9. Garnish with lemon wedge and mint sprig.

sugar, cucumber, beefeater, lemon juice, seltzer, lemon wedges

Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/12541 (may not work)