Muddled Plum and Thyme Cocktail
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup Sugar
- ½ cup Water
- 6-8 sprigs Thyme
- 1 Lemon
- 1 Plum chopped
- 5 oz Vodka (we used Tito's)
- 4 oz Champagne (we used Chandon)
Instructions
Thyme Simple Syrup
- In a saucepan, dissolve water and sugar; bring to a boil
- Once mixture is boiling, turn off burner and add washed sprigs of Thyme
- While simple syrup mixture is cooling, steep thyme in it for at least 10 minutes
Cocktail
- Garnish empty cocktail glasses with 2-3 sprigs of fresh Thyme
- Chop fresh plum and add to a cocktail shaker
- Halve and juice 1 lemon, add to cocktail shaker
- Add 1 oz of thyme simple syrup and use a muddler to mash the mixture
- Add 5 oz of vodka and shake cocktail shaker vigorously for 15 seconds
- Pour into cocktail glasses, filling only ¾ of glass, and add 1-2 ice cubes
- Top cocktail with a splash of champagne and garnish with another sprig of fresh Thyme