Lavender Syrup

Bartenders are increasingly using fresh flowers for cocktails, and they sometimes also flavor syrups with them, like this lavender-and-rose-water simple syrup that sweetens the lime juice, mint leaves and rum in the lavender mojito at the Girl & the Fig in Sonoma, Calif.

Ingredients

• 1 cup fine granulated sugar
• ¼ cup dried lavender (see note)
• 2 ounces rose water

• Nutritional Information

  • Nutritional analysis per serving (2 servings)

    387 calories; 0 grams saturated fat; 0 grams monounsaturated fat; 0 grams polyunsaturated fat; 100 grams carbohydrates; 99 grams sugars; 2 milligrams sodium

  Note: Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available data.
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Enough syrup for about 12 cocktails

Preparation

1. Bring 1 cup water to a boil and add all ingredients. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Let cool and strain through a sieve. Syrup will keep in the refrigerator, tightly covered in a glass jar, about 2 weeks.

• Buy lavender grown for culinary use, preferably organic.

5 minutes