Feb
Salty and Tart! This cocktail packs a punch and is so fun to drink. A Cucumber Salty Dog will cool you down and is perfect for a summery day. I love this cocktail for a picnic or outdoors in the afternoon. It’s an easy cocktail to make and a fun twist on a traditional Salty Dog.
Cucumber is so soothing, cooling, and mellows out the intense flavors of the grapefruit. It’s also fun because you get to whip out your mortar and pestle and be a mixologist!
I love using fresh grapefruit for this recipe especially Texas grapefruit when it’s in season. It’s a lot sweeter than grapefruit juice from the store and it’s fresh quality is so special you can almost taste the sunshine.
Another one of my favorite secrets to making an amazing Cucumber Salty Dog is to use the right kind of salt. You know how some salt rims on cocktails have that fluffy salt that melts easily? And how when you get a cocktail with table salt how dense and small the salt crystals are?
Well what you need to make a great Cucumber Salty Dog is Flake Salt. You can get “Margarita Salt” from any liquor store. I got Mark Bitterman’s Flake Salt
As far as the vodka goes, you can use your favorite. Although you can find a lot of variation in the quality of vodka, as long are you aren’t using a plastic bottle kind you will be fine. I’m a big fan of several middle of the road vodkas that aren’t too expensive.
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