One way to warm up in the dead of winter – a Moscow Mule. A balance of sweet and sour, light but boozy, this mule is an American cocktail (surprising, I know!) that’ll make your holiday season a bit warmer.
Ingredients:
2 oz. vodka
1/2 oz. lime juice, freshly squeezed
6 oz. ginger beer
1 1/2 oz kaffir lime syrup*
Optional garnish: French marigolds
*Kaffir lime syrup ingredients (NOTE: You can make in advance and store in a glass jar refrigerated. Lasts for 2 weeks)
6 kaffir lime leaves (Katrina uses her own kaffir lime tree grown by the window in her home)
1 cup sugar
1 cup spring water
Directions:
- First make the kaffir lime syrup by combining 6 kaffir lime leaves, sugar and spring water in a pot over medium-high heat
- Bring to a boil to dissolve the sugar
- Remove from heat and let the leaves steep in the syrup
- After the syrup cools down after a couple hours, remove and discard the leaves
- Strain into a container for storing in the fridge
- Squeeze lime juice into a copper mug (or a Collins glass)
- Add ice cubes, then pour in the vodka
- Fill with cold ginger beer and Kaffir lime syrup
- Stir, top with garnish and serve!
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