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Ingredients

• 6 juicy limes
• 1½ cups sugar
• 2 Tbsp salt
• ¼ cup plus 2 Tbsp water
• 1½ large cucumbers, about 1 lb
• 3 oz lime cordial
• 4 dashes saline solution (about ⅛ tsp plus a few drops)
• 1 Tbsp lime juice, from 1 lime
• Ice
• Sparkling water or seltzer

Method

1. Peel the limes with a vegetable peeler, toss the peels with the sugar in a bowl or large jar, bruise them with a muddler or spoon handle to release their oils, cover, and leave the mixture overnight.
2. The next day, juice the limes directly into the sugar to give about 6 oz of juice and stir until the sugar dissolves, completing the lime cordial.
3. Dissolve the salt completely in the water to make the saline solution and pour it into a small bottle.
4. Set a few cucumber slices aside for garnish, peel the rest of the cucumber, and purée or juice it, straining the juice and pressing the solids to yield about ½ cup.
5. Stir the lime cordial, saline solution and lime juice together in a mixing glass, pour in the cucumber juice, and stir the base well.
6. Fill two highball glasses with ice, divide the cucumber mixture between them, top each with sparkling water or seltzer, and garnish with the reserved cucumber slices.

Nutrition (per serving, where published)

Estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data