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The Botanist Spring Collins
Jon Hatchman
Featuring homemade elderflower cordial, the Spring Collins is a seasonal serve, also comprising lemon and cloudy apple, topped with soda.
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Course
Cocktails
Cuisine
Global
Servings
1
Ingredients
50
ml
The Botanist Gin
20
ml
Lemon juice
25
ml
Cloudy apple juice
10
ml
Elderflower cordial
Soda, to taste
Apple fan, to garnish
For the elderflower cordial
25
Elderflower heads
3
Unwaxed lemons, finely grated zest
1
Orange
including 150ml of orange juice
1
Sugar
Instructions
Add all ingredients to a Highball glass, with ice. Top with soda and garnish with an apple fan
To make the elderflower cordial
Bring 1.5 litres of water to the boil and pour over the elderflowers and citrus zest. Cover and leave overnight to infuse.
Strain the liquid through a piece of muslin and pour into a saucepan, add the sugar, lemon and orange juice.
Heat gently to dissolve the sugar, then bring to a simmer and cook for a couple of minutes.
Use a funnel to pour the hot syrup into sterilised bottles.
Keyword
Cocktails