Seasonal fruit are always a welcome ingredient in my cocktails. As I mentioned before I love the herb fruit combination. I think a good cocktail has layers. The base being the spirit then sweetness in the fruit in this case then a bitter or herbal element. A well rounded cocktail is a thing of beauty, an oasis in the otherwise banal everyday life, it is an, er, well… You aren’t here for me wax poetic. Here is the recipe!
Ingredients:
- 2 ounces Rum
- ½ ounce Orange liqueur
- ½ ounce Lime or half of a lime
- 2-3 figs depending on the size & sweetness
- ½ ounce Thyme syrup*
- Garnish of thyme & fig
Muddle the figs in the glass part of the Boston shaker.
Add the rest of the ingredients. Shake vigorously then double strain the mix into a glass using your Hawthorn Strainer and a Conical Cocktail Sieve.
Garnish with a fig slice or thyme sprig, or both!
*Thyme syrup is really easy to make and totally worth it. It even smells good when you make it.
- 1 Cup sugar
- 2 Cups water
- 5-6 Sprigs of thyme (the more you put the stronger the taste).
Simmer for about 20 minutes strain it, then let it cool. Store it in the fridge.
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