What ample and rich use past generations of housewives, made of their flower and herb gardens is proved beyond dispute by the long list of recipes for the making of wash-balls, sweet-bags, beautifying washes, perfumes and pomanders and now Nata brings you something new for the modern woman.
The Carri from Nata’s Cocktails
A gin and lavender cocktail.
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The ratio:
2 1/2 oz./parts of your preferred gin
3/4 oz./part fresh lime juice
3/4 oz./part lavender infused simple syrup
To begin, make a simple syrup infused with lavender. I am lucky to have right now, lavender plants in my garden,from which I used the stalks (there are no flowers yet). The stalks are fragrant. One can purchase dried lavender and use that. I used about a cup of water heated up and added 3 or 4 lavender stalks. Let it steep. After a 1/2 an hour or so, I removed the stalks and added a cup of sugar. I nuked it for about 30 seconds or until the sugar is dissolved. You are left with a golden colored, perfumed simple syrup.
Now add the gin to the syrup, in the ratio given above, and let it mingle while you continue.
Juice a lime, (throwing it in the micro first, for 20 or so seconds to release it's juices).
To a shaker,add alot of ice, the gin-simple syrup mix, and the fresh lime juice. Shake it like mad then strain over fresh rocks into an old fashioned (size not style) glass.
I love a Martini, Two at the most, Three I am under the table, Four I am under the host. Dorothy Parker
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