Gimlet cocktail
Add a zingy burst of flavour to this easy cocktail with fresh lime juice, homemade lime syrup and mint – it's a refreshing tipple
Mint gin gimlet
Serves 1
Easy
Prep:
Cook:
plus infusing and cooling
Refreshing mint is a match made in heaven for the citrus zing of a gimlet
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- 50ml gin
- 25ml mint and lime syrup (see below)
- 25ml lime juice
- mint sprigto garnish
MINT AND LIME SYRUP
- 2 limeszested and juiced
- handful of mint leaves
- 80g caster sugar
Method
step 1
To make the mint and lime syrup, put the lime zest and juice and the sugar in a small pan, and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved. Add the mint leaves and cook for 1-2 mins, then turn off the heat and leave to infuse for 30-40 mins. Discard the mint leaves, then cool the syrup and store in a sterilised jar. This will make more than you need but will keep chilled for a week.
step 2
For the gimlet, put all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well until the outside of the shaker feels very cold. Strain into a chilled coupe or nick & nora glass and garnish with a mint sprig.
