Warm Ginger Appletini

Directions

1. Warm Ginger Appletini
2. Mix the Turkish Apple Tea Mixture with the boiling water. Take two shots of the tea mixture, and pour into a small saucepan.
3. Add the Apple Liqueur (I used Leopold Bros New York Sour Apple Liqueur), Vodka and ginger simple syrup to the small saucepan and mix with the 2 shots of apple tea and warm over a low heat until just warmed through (about 2 - 3 minutes). Do not bring to the boil.
4. Pour into a martini glass and garnish with a slice of apple, or a piece of apple peel.
5. If you want to give more ginger flavor, and less alcoholic kick, add an extra shot of ginger simple syrup to the mix.

1. Ginger Simple Syrup
2. Slice the ginger into 6 - 8 slices (no need to peel). Add the ginger, sugar and water into a small non-reactive saucepan and bring to the boil.
3. Turn down the heat, and allow the syrup to simmer on low heat for about 20 minutes, until the liquid is clear and syrupy and the ginger has infused into the syrup.
4. Remove from the heat and mix the required amount of syrup with the liquor. This makes about 2 cups of syrup, and can be stored in the refrigerator for several weeks - keep the ginger pieces in the syrup to continue to infuse the flavor while storing, but remove them when using the syrup.