sugar + rosemary = yum

After perusing the herb garden on one of those 100 degree days in July, I began to search the interwebs for fresh herb cocktails. I found an amazing one – the rosemary lime cocktail! The key ingredient is a rosemary simple syrup, which is super easy to make:

1 cup water

1 cup sugar

3 sprigs fresh rosemary

Combine all three ingredients in a small sauce pan over medium heat.  Bring to a boil and allow the sugar to dissolve.  Remove from the heat, cover, and allow to rest for 30 minutes.  Remove the sprigs of rosemary and allow to cool.  Store in an airtight jar in the fridge.

This is a photo from a triple batch we made:

This was just a portion of the final product:

Now here’s what you do with this amazing nectar:

vodka

lime wedges

ice cubes

rosemary syrup

sparkling water

Fill a glass with ice cubes.  Squeeze some lime in!  Pour in a few tablespoons of rosemary syrup. Pour in a few more tablespoons of vodka.  Top with sparkling water.  Stir.  Drink. Repeat

Do it – you know you want to!