Rosemary Gimlet

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh rosemary leaves
• 2 ounces gin
• 3/4 ounce fresh lime juice
• 3/4 ounce rosemary syrup

Directions

1. 1. Make the rosemary syrup by heating the water, sugar and chopped rosemary leaves in a small saucepan, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is hot and sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and let the syrup cool completely. Once cool, strain the rosemary syrup into a jar, and refrigerate until ready to use.
2. 2. Chill a stemmed cocktail glass in the freezer.
3. 3. Measure the gin, lime juice and rosemary syrup into a cocktail shaker. Fill the shaker halfway with ice, cover, and shake the gimlet mixture about twenty seconds, until very cold. Pour into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a sprig of rosemary or a slice of fresh lime.