Gin cocktail recipe for 4 people, takes only 10 mins; recipe has caster sugar, caraway seed, fennel seed, chicory, gin, lemon juice, chicory, ice, chicory, soda water and lemon.
Chicory collins
Course: Gin cocktail
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
20 mins
Ingredients
- Lemon: lemon wedges
- Lemon Juice: 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Caster Sugar: 200g caster sugar
- Gin: 200ml gin
- Caraway Seed: 1/2 tsp caraway seeds
- Fennel Seed: 1/4 tsp fennel seeds
- Chicory: 1 whole chicory head
- Ice: handful of ice
- Soda Water: soda water
Directions
- To make the chicory syrup, put the caster sugar and 200ml water in a saucepan and add the caraway seeds, fennel seeds and the chicory head.
- Warm the ingredients over a medium heat until the sugar dissolves then bring to the boil. Turn off the heat and leave the syrup to cool completely before straining through a sieve lined with muslin or a coffee filter paper.
- To make the cocktail, chill 4 tall glasses in the fridge and put the gin, lemon juice and 100ml of the chicory syrup into a large cocktail shaker along with a good handful of ice. Shake until the outside of the cocktail shaker feels icy cold then strain into your prepared glasses.
- Add a few more ice cubes, put a chicory leaf into each glass then top up with soda water and lemon wedges. Serve immediately.
