We’re opening our recipe archives to bring you some of our favourite limited edition items through the years, so you can recreate them at home! First up, from 2020 when we weren’t allowed to sell alcohol and everyone was blowing up glass bottles with some homemade cider gone wrong, our orange & thyme syrup to zhush up your ginless tonic!
In a small saucepan, bring to a boil together:
- the juice and zest of 2 oranges (avoid the white pith if you don’t like bitter!)
- two sprigs of thyme (lemon thyme is lovely)
- 5ml orange blossom water
- 200g sugar
- 250ml water
- 2 drops each red and yellow food colouring (optional)
Once the sugar has dissolved, remove from the heat, cool and strain.
To serve, add 2 shots to a glass with ice, a slice of orange and a sprig of thyme and top with tonic water. And Tannie Kopdoek isn’t watching. Gooi a bit of gin in there too if it’s been a day!
