Black Pepper Cocktail


Black Pepper Cocktail

Ingredients

2 tsp. black pepper-infused simple syrup (recipe follows)
2 tsp. honey-infused simple syrup (recipe follows)
3 oz. Drambuie scotch liqueur
Honey
Lemon slice


Preparation

• Combine the pepper syrup, honey syrup and Drambuie in a cocktail shaker.

• Shake and pour into a rocks glass full of ice.

• Add a drizzle of honey and a lemon slice.

For the black pepper-infused simple syrup

½ cup whole black peppercorns

2 cups simple syrup

• Heat the simple syrup in a pot. Once hot, add the peppercorns and remove from the heat.

• Once the syrup comes to room temperature, strain it to remove the peppercorns.

For the honey-infused

simple syrup

¾ cup honey

¼ cup water

• Combine the ingredients in a pot and heat.

• Once the syrup is hot, remove it from the heat and let it come to room temperature.