Panacea Cocktail

Panacea Cocktail

By Leslie Blythe    

January 19, 2015

Try this Panacea Cocktail, which is a soothing combination of Scotch, ginger, honey and lemon to help cure your cough. It may not cure you, but it will certainly make you feel better!

  • Prep: 30 mins
  • Cook: 10 mins
  • Yields: Makes 1 cocktail
Panacea Cocktail

Ingredients

Honey-Lemon-Ginger Syrup

1 cup honey

1 cup water

½ cup ginger, minced

¾ cup fresh lemon juice

Cocktail

2 ounces honey-lemon-ginger syrup

2 ounces blended Scotch

¼ ounce single-malt Scotch

Directions

Make Honey-Lemon-Ginger Syrup

1In a small pot over medium heat, simmer honey, water and ginger until mixture cooks down to a thick syrup, 10 minutes.

2Strain through a fine-mesh sieve, pressing on solids to extract liquid. Discard solids.

3Add lemon juice to syrup and stir. Cover and chill.

Cocktail

1In a tumbler half-filled with ice, stir together honey-lemon-ginger syrup and Scotch.

2Pour ¼ ounce single-malt Scotch over the back of a spoon so it floats on top of drink.

3Garnish with a slice of ginger and candied lemon peel (optional).

This recipe is from Kate Christensen, Wall Street Journal.

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