Ingredients

makes 8

　　1 1/2 cups vodka

　　2 English cucumbers (1 peeled and coarsely chopped, 1 whole)

　　1 lime, cut into 8 wedges

　　2 bottles (750 ml each) sparkling water

　　1/2 to 1 cup Ginger Simple Syrup (recipe page 614)

　　

Step 1

Put vodka and the chopped cucumber into a nonreactive container. Refrigerate 1 hour. Strain; discard cucumber. Refrigerate until ready to use, up to 2 days.

　　

Step 2

Using a vegetable peeler, shave the remaining cucumber lengthwise into wide strips; discard seeds.

　　

Step 3

Fill 8 glasses with ice. Add 3 cucumber strips and 3 tablespoons infused vodka to each glass. Squeeze a lime wedge into each, and drop into drink. Top with sparkling water, and stir in 1 to 2 tablespoons of the ginger syrup. Serve immediately.

　　Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group.Buy the full book from Amazon.