This spicy herbal cocktail is full of powerful flavors that will impress and please everyone's tastebuds. Lucy Hicks Anderson would be proud to serve such a daring and, at her time, illegal drink in her brothel/speakeasy.
Keep in mind that this recipe is for 1 drink so double, triple, quadruple, and so on to meet your party's needs!
Ginger, Cardamom and Rosemary Gin Cocktail
INGREDIENTS
½ cup water
½ cup organic sugar
6 whole green cardamom pods
1 Tbsp chopped fresh ginger
Cocktail Ingredients Yields 1 Drink 1.5 ounces gin
½ sprig fresh rosemary
1 ounce sweet vermouth
1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
½ ounce ginger cardamom syrup
2 dashes angostura bitters
INSTRUCTIONS
Heat a small saucepan to medium heat and add the water, sugar, cardamom pods and ginger. Let the sugar dissolve and the mixture infuse for about 10 minutes. Let cool and then strain out the cardamom and ginger.
Add the gin and rosemary to a cocktail shaker and use a muddler or back of a wooden spoon to muddle the rosemary in to the gin.
Add the sweet vermouth, lemon juice, cardamom syrup, angostura bitters and ice.
Shake until the outside of the shaker is cold and slightly frosted.
Use a strainer and strain the drink in to a glass.
Garnish with a lemon peel and a sprig of rosemary.
Recipe from Jessis Kitchen
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