Good Thyme

 Good Thyme

Yield: 1 Cocktail

Beverages

Spiced Apple Cordial

  • ½ cinnamon stick
  • 1 tbsp allspice (whole berries, then cracked)
  • 2 cups plus 2 tbsp apple juice (not from concentrate)
  • 1 cup sugar

Cocktail

  • 2 oz white rye
  • ¾ oz spiced apple cordial
  • 4 dashes Angostura Bitters
  • Handful of ice cubes
  • Fresh thyme sprig, for garnish

Cinnamon Sticks Allspice Apple Juice White Rye Bitters Thyme

Spiced Apple Cordial

  1. Break the cinnamon sticks into a few pieces and combine with the cracked allspice. In a saucepan over medium heat, add the spices and dry toast them for five minutes, constantly moving the pan. Add the apple juice and simmer over high heat for 5 to 10 minutes, until the apple juice is reduced by half. Once cooled, strain through a fine strainer, and again through a coffee filter. Return the apple juice to the saucepan and add the sugar. Over medium heat, simmer the juice until the sugar dissolves, roughly 10 minutes. Cool and store in a sealed container. The juice can be refrigerated for up to three weeks.

Cocktail

  1. In a mixing glass, stir in all of the ingredients except the ice. Strain into a rocks glass over ice, and garnish with a sprig of time.