How To Make Gimlet Cocktail
With just 4 ingredients, you can whip up a classic gimlet cocktail! It’s an invigorating and boozy drink, with just the right amount of sweet and tangy.
Preparation: 4 minutes
Cooking:
Total: 4 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- ¾ozsimple syrup
- 1fresh lime,zested, optional
- 2ozgin,like Plymouth Dry Gin, or Tanqueray
- ¾ozlime juice,fresh
Instructions
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Make a simple syrup with a 1:1 sugar and hot water ratio. Steep the lime zest in it for 10 minutes in a nonreactive container.
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Fine-strain this after 10 minutes. Reserve ¾ ounces and refrigerate the rest for future use.
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Combine the gin, simple syrup, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake for about 30 seconds, or until a frost forms on the shaker.
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Double strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass.
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Garnish with a lime wheel, serve, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 231.73kcal
- Fat: 0.15g
- Saturated Fat: 0.02g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.04g
- Carbohydrates: 24.40g
- Fiber: 1.96g
- Sugar: 17.06g
- Protein: 0.56g
- Sodium: 15.23mg
- Calcium: 27.85mg
- Potassium: 106.61mg
- Iron: 1.19mg
- Vitamin A: 1.77µg
- Vitamin C: 25.88mg
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