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Happy Hour :: Raspberry-Thyme Smash

Raspberry Thyme Smash

Ingredients

2 fresh thyme sprigs

7 fresh raspberries

ice

1/4 cup gin

2 tablespoons simple syrup

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

Preparation

Remove leaves from 1 thyme sprig; place in cocktail shaker.  Add 6 berries and mash with muddler or wooden spoon.  Fill cocktail shaker with ice; add gin, simple syrup, and lime juice.  Cover and shake vigorously.  Strain into highball glass filled with ice.  Garnish with raspberry and thyme sprig

Simple Syrup:

Stir 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water in saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves.  

Bring to boil and then cool.  Cover and chill. 

via Bon Appetit

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Summertime in Paris

1 1/2 oz. citrus vodka

Rosemary sprig

1/2 oz. meyer lemon juice

1/2 oz. lemongrass simple syrup (recipe here)

Dash of soda water

Muddle rosemary with lemon juice and simple syrup in a shaker. 
Add ice and citrus vodka - shake. 
Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass and top with soda. 
Garnish with fresh rosemary sprig and serve.

Makes 1 serving

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