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Springthyme Cocktail

by Jill Sadler
April 4, 2021
Less than a minute

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A delicious cocktail that celebrates seasonal fruit, the Spring Thyme brings dry gin and lemon juice to balance the sweetness of the simple syrup and berries for a perfectly sippable celebration of spring.

Ingredients

2 oz gin
1.5 oz lemon juice
1.5 oz simply syrup
1 tbsp mixed berry jam
Sparkling wine to top
1 sprig of thyme
3 Blueberries strawberries or raspberries for garnish

Simple syrup

1 cup sugar
2 cups water

Instructions

For the Simple Syrup

Heat sugar and water in a saucepan on high.
Bring to a boil.
Allow sugar mixture to bubble for one minute.
Remove from heat and cool completely.
Store in the fridge in an airtight container.

To assemble the cocktail

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.
Pour the gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, and jam into the shaker. Shake and strain into a coupe.
Top with sparkling wine, take a cocktail pin or toothpick and skewer 3 berries and set on the edge of the glass. Add sprig of thyme.

Jill Sadler