With the words “sugar syrup” you don’t need to immediately think about sugary pink cocktails that stick your fingers and leave a plaque on your teeth. Sugar syrup is used to make Daiquiri fruit and other rum-based cocktails decorated with umbrellas. The same sugar syrup will help when mixing more "serious" cocktails. He will add sweets to whiskey-based drinks such as Old Fashion and the binder Gene Fiz.
Pick your recipe
A syrup, also called "simple", is prepared by dissolving sugar in water. Using sugar syrup instead of sprinkling sugar with spoons directly into the drink, you will get a more accurate and even degree of sweetness, and sugar crystals will not settle to the bottom of the glass, like dirty sand. Most cocktails use syrup with equal proportions of sugar and water, but if you want to make a thicker and more saturated syrup, the proportions can be changed.
Simple sugar syrup:
1. Hot water: Measure one cup of water and pour it into the pan. Bring water to a boil.
2. Add sugar: Measure one cup of sugar and add it to water. Reduce the heat to low so that the mixture does not boil.
3. Dissolve sugar: Mix sugar with water until sugar is completely dissolved.
4. Cool the liquid: After the liquid has cooled, it can be stored in the refrigerator for a month.
Try brown sugar with molasses made from raw sugarcane juice. Such sugar is produced in exotic species, such as turbinado, demerara and moskavado. Alternatively, add a couple of spoons of lime zest, lemon or orange, slices of fresh ginger, cut along the vanilla pod or two sticks of cinnamon to the syrup. Let the mixture simmer for about five minutes, then refrigerate and strain the syrup.
By experimenting with a simple syrup or intricate improvisation based on a simple recipe, you can balance the bitter or sour taste of the drink. Which of us will refuse a drop of sweets?