Melon Rosemary Gin Collins
The Melon Rosemary Gin Collins is a long drink from the collins family made with THE DUKE Munich Dry Gin, lemon juice and rosemary syrup. 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
- Garnish
- Melon balls and rosemary sprig
Ingredients
- 5cl THE DUKE Munich Dry Gin
- 3 cl lemon juice
- 2 cl rosemary syrup*
- 55g melon
- Soda water
Preparation
Place melon pieces and rosemary syrup in a shaker and muddle with a muddler. Add ice, gin and lemon juice and stir with a bar spoon. Strain the drink into a glass filled with ice, top with soda and garnish with melon balls and a sprig of rosemary.
*Production of rosemary syrup
3 sprigs of fresh rosemary
100g sugar
100 ml water
Heat sugar, water and a sprig of rosemary in a non-stick pan until the sugar dissolves completely while stirring. Then let it simmer over low heat for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove the rosemary sprig and let the syrup cool.
Only 2 cl of syrup is needed per drink. Simply fill the remaining syrup into a sealable bottle, store it refrigerated and use it for the next drinks.
Variations
- Lavender Gin Collins: With lavender syrup.
- Rhubarb Collins: With Rhubarb infusion.
- Berry Gin Collins: With Wanderlust Gin as the base.
- Kiwi Gin Collins: With Rough Gin as the base.