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New and Improved Lemon Drop

This is the "traditional" Lemon Drop Cocktail taken to a whole new level - with Thyme Oleo Saccharum and ground up Lemon Drop candies on the rim.
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Course: Drinks

Ingredients

  • 3/4 oz Gin
  • 1 oz Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 oz Oleo Saccharum
  • 3/4 oz Lemon-Infused Vodka
  • 1 handful Ground up lemon drop candies with lemon thyme leaves mixed in

Lemon-infused Vodka

  • 10 Lemons (Zest only)
  • 750 ml Vodka

Lemon and Thyme Oleo Saccharum

  • 4 Lemons (Zest only)
  • 10 sprigs Fresh Thyme (leaves removed and stems discarded)
  • 1 cup Sugar

Instructions

  • Mix together the first four ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake.
  • Rim a coupe glass with the lemon drop candy / lemon thyme mixture.
  • Fine-strain the cocktail into the prepared glass.

Lemon-infused Vodka

  • Zest the lemons, trying to pick up as little of the white pith as possible.
  • Place all zest in the infusion container.
  • Fill with spirits, ensuring that all lemon zest is submerged.
  • Let infuse for a couple days, up to a week in a cool, dry place. Taste daily and fine-strain out the lemon zest when it reaches the level of infusion that tastes good to you.

Lemon Thyme Oleo Saccharum

  • Put all of the listed ingredients into a Vacuum seal bag and vacuum-seal it.
  • Let it sit for a couple of hours until all of the sugar appears "wet."