Ingredients
- fennel lavender simple syrup
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1/4 cup
wild lavender (washed, dried & picked)
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1/3 cup
fine sugar
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1/3 cup
filtered water
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1/3 cup
chopped fennel frond or bulb or both, finely chopped
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a dashes
sea salt
- lavender fennel chase manhattan
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2 ounces
favorite gin
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1/2 ounce
lavender fennel simple syrup
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1 ounce
fresh squeezed orange juice
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a handfuls
ice
Directions
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using wild lavender before it blooms the easiest way to extract the oils, simply use a mortar & pestle to crush it until you can clearly smell the lavender.
to make simple syrup, simply throw lavender and fennel in a small saucepan over medium w/ sugar and stir until fragrant. add water and warm until it dissolves, it might turn a syrupy brown, no worries. let come to room temperature and strain.
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while lavender/fennel simple syrup is coming to room temperature squeeze the oranges, each orange squeezed yields about 2 ounces. if you want several drinks, squeeze several oranges.
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into your shaker add your ice, your gin, lavender simple syrup, and oj. shake it for a good 30 seconds and then strain into your favorite cocktail glass.
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