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Honey-Thyme Simple Syrup

Honey Thyme Simple Syrup
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Just about any cocktail that calls for a simple syrup can be amped up by infusing a little something extra into that basic ingredient.   Honey-thyme simple syrup has a subtle herbal backnote that  works well with sweet-fruity drinks as well as their drier counterparts.

 

mixing sugar and honey melting sugar in honey

I decided to make a post out of this because I kept using this simple syrup in so many different drinks, I figured it was a recipe unto itself (albeit a ridiculously easy one).

adding thyme to syrup

Straining Honey Thyme Simple Syrup

Simple syrup is normally equal parts sugar and water, heated through to dissolve the sugar and cooled to room temperature and stored for your next rum punch, whiskey sour, mint julep or mojito. 


side view of Honey Thyme Simple Syrup

The fresh herbs and gloop of honey add a new dimension without overpowering this staple ingredient. Use it to augment  your favorite alcoholic or n/a libation.  It’s even good drizzled over fresh fruit!

 

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Honey Thyme Simple Syrup

A step up from the standard cocktail mixer
Course Drinks
Cuisine American
Keyword simple syrup
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 16
Calories 56kcal

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1 cup water
  • 10 sprigs of fresh thyme

Instructions

  • In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, honey and water. Heat over medium high heat, stirring occasionally until the sugar is dissolved.
  • Tie the thyme sprigs together with a piece of kitchen string. Submerge the thyme in the still hot simple syrup and steep for 30 minutes.
  • Remove the thyme and discard. Strain the syrup through a fine mesh sieve to remove any thyme leaves or other particles. Store in a glass jar in the refrigerator.

Notes

Use in place of regular simple syrup in cocktails or spoon over fresh fruit.

Nutrition

Calories: 56kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 5mg | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 1mg
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  1. Steve says

    September 3, 2020 at 1:37 PM

    I muddle a fresh fig in a cocktail shaker, then add 1/2 oz of fresh lime, 1/2 oz of this honey-thyme syrup, 1 and 1/2 oz white dry vermouth, and 1/2 oz of triple sec. Shake that mix with ice like an assassin until rhe fig pulp is broken down and then pour all of it in a rocks glass.

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    • Lisa says

      September 3, 2020 at 2:56 PM

      That sounds heavenly! What do you call it?

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  2. Emily Larson says

    September 20, 2018 at 2:12 PM

    Absolutely cannot wait to make a cocktail with this! This would go great at parties!

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