A Merry Little Martini

I have been wanting to make a Fig Gin cocktail for weeks but have been unable to find figs in my local grocery store. They finally stocked them for Thanksgiving so I was able to get some. The Fig Simple Syrup is so flavorful and so versatile that next week I will feature another Fig flavored seasonal sipper! If you are lucky enough to find Owen’s Sparkling Cranberry Mixer at your local liquor store you can use that in place of the cranberry juice and splash of soda water. It has some lime juice in it which gives this cocktail some extra zing!

Ingredients:

2 oz Malfy Lemon Gin

Juice from 1/2 of lemon (approx 1 oz)

1 tbsp Fig Simple Syrup

Splash of cranberry juice

Splash of soda water

Rosemary sprig

Lemon peel

Add the Gin, lemon juice, simile syrup and splash of cranberry juice to a shaker filed with ice. Shake well. Strain into a coup glass and add a splash of sparkling water. Garnish with a lemon peel and a sprig of rosemary.

Fig Simple Syrup:

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups sliced dried figs

1 cup water

3/4 cup of raw or brown sugar

Tsp león juice

Dash of vanilla

Fresh sprigs of rosemary

Bring all ingredients to a boil and then simmer on low for 15 minutes. Turn the heat off, stir in the rosemary springs and let the figs and rosemary sit in the syrup for another 10-15 minutes as it cools. Strain the rosemary and figs. You can also serve these figs with triple cream or blue cheese as an appetizer!