Lion's Homemade Gimlet
The Lion's Homemade Gimlet is a drink made with LION's Vodka, Cordial and Garnish: lime zest, served in a coupe. This is the more demanding kind: one ingredient has to be made first, so allow eight minutes or more.
- Preparation time
- 8 minutes
- Servings
- 1 drink
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Glass
- Coupe
Ingredients
- 6 cl LION's Vodka
- 2.5 cl Cordial*
- Garnish: lime zest
Preparation
Mix both ingredients together in a mixing glass over ice for a minute, strain into a pre-chilled cocktail glass, spray with lime zest and serve.
*Production of Cordial:
Vacuum pack 100 g lime zest with 1000 g sugar and let it steep for 10 hours. Dissolve the resulting Oleo Saccharum in water, sieve out the zest and then bring to the boil. Allow to cool and bottle.
Variations
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- Bloody Mary: With tomato juice.
- Nettle highball: With nettle reduction.