I'm not sure how I lived before I knew how to make simple syrup. Now, this isn't to say that I just learned how, it was about 2 years ago that I did. But now, I wonder how did I live without it?
I use it all the time; I'm glad it only takes a few minutes to make it, too. It really is simple to make.
I make Mojitos for Heather and other cocktails. I've used it to make candy and I love it in iced coffees (if it ever warms up again in the North West). I've used it in fruit toppings for crepes. It is just so versatile.
What I really want to do is use different sugars to make it. I would have done this today, but I was almost out of sugar in the raw (or better yet, I didn't have a cup and a half - that's not really almost out, is it?).
On a related note, they sell it at Starbucks, but the bottle is labeled "Classic Syrup." I guess they wouldn't want you to know how simple it is to make, would they.
And for those that don't already, here is the recipe.
1 cup water
1 - 2 cups sugar, depending upon how sweet and thick of a syrup you want (I use 1.5 cups)
Heat to boiling, stir til all sugar is dissolved, let cool.
Nothing to it. Hence the name, simple syrup.
6 comments:
And they are such yummy, yummy mojitos. Too bad it's only 7:45 AM, or I'd say it was time for a cocktail.
xoxox.
Bloody Marys, Tequila Sunrise and other drinks with sunrise in it count as morning cocktails.
And it is your birthday, so you can have whatever you like!
I learned how to make simple syrup just so I could make better mojitos. I'm guessing that in Cuba, a mojito can be drunk any time of day, so I think it's a fine morning drink, especially on a birthday!
Gosh! You two boys are such enablers. Cocktails in the AM seem wrong when the kids haven't even had breakfast. I suppose we could have thrown them the lime rinds from a mojito though. Hmmmm... evil mommy thoughts commence.
It's not that drinking in the morning is wrong. The key is to have a nice, firm rule that you can always live with. Mine is "no drinking until the sun is over the yardarm". Since I don't have a yardarm handy, I just have to know that the sun is over somebody's yardarm (ie, "it's happy hour somewhere")
Anyway, yeah - simple syrup is fine stuff - though I think agave nectar can be a better sweetener for a lot of things (margaritas especially, but also mojitos).
Agave nectar, ehh? I might have to try that out. Heather likes margaritas when they are made with good ingredients.
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