Sugar syrup

Used in 10 recipes on RecipeWiki.

Sugar syrup, often called simple syrup, is sugar dissolved in water, and it is the standard way to sweeten cold drinks, where granulated sugar would sit undissolved at the bottom of the glass. It tastes of clean sweetness and nothing else, and adds a little body and smoothness. Measured against lime in the Daiquiri and Mojito, or lemon in the Whisky Sour and French 75, it balances the sour; in the Old Fashioned it softens the spirit. To make it, stir equal weights of sugar and water over a low heat until clear, then cool. A richer two-to-one syrup adds more body. Kept in a clean bottle in the fridge, it lasts several weeks.

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Recipes with sugar syrup

Blue Hawaii — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Blue Hawaii

Rum, vodka, pineapple and blue curaçao — a drink invented to match a colour, and none the worse for admitting it.

15 minutesAmericanCocktails

Caribbean Rum Punch — shot from directly overhead: a jug punch on the old sour-sweet-strong-weak ratio

Caribbean Rum Punch

A jug punch on the old sour-sweet-strong-weak ratio, spiced with nutmeg and Angostura and made to sit on a table rather than a bar.

1 hr 10 minServes 8

15 minutesCaribbeanCitrus

Daiquiri — shot from directly overhead: three ingredients and nowhere to hide: white rum

Daiquiri

Three ingredients and nowhere to hide: white rum, lime and sugar, shaken hard and drunk cold and straight up.

15 minutesCaribbeanCitrus

Espresso Martini — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Espresso Martini

Vodka, coffee liqueur and a fresh shot of espresso shaken hard enough to build a proper crema on top.

15 minutesBritishCocktails

French 75 — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

French 75

Gin, lemon and sugar lengthened with champagne — a sour that arrives in a flute and drinks far more easily than it should.

15 minutesCitrusCocktails

Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri

White rum, lime and frozen strawberries blended to a thick slush that holds a straw upright.

15 minutesCaribbeanCitrus

Mojito — shot from directly overhead: mint pressed rather than pounded

Mojito

Mint pressed rather than pounded, with white rum, lime and soda over crushed ice, so it tastes of the leaf and not of the stalk.

15 minutesCaribbeanCitrus

Old Fashioned — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Old Fashioned

Whiskey, sugar and bitters built over one big piece of ice — the original definition of the word cocktail, and still the test of a bar.

15 minutesAmericanCocktails

Planter's Punch — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Planter's Punch

One of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, four of weak — the old rhyme, built on dark Jamaican rum and drunk long over ice.

15 minutesCaribbeanCitrus

Whisky Sour — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Whisky Sour

Whiskey, lemon and sugar shaken with egg white until it wears a thick pale collar, with bitters dotted across the foam.

15 minutesAmericanCitrus