Meg’s sneaky granny
Makes a good stash of syrup. It's winter... It'll go fast.
Ingredients
- 1 cup honey
3 cups of water
2 cups loose chamomile flowers
4 pods of cardamom – cracked
3 sticks cinnamon
4 cloves
3 sprigs fresh thyme
Half a star anise
Juice of one half of a lemon (if you want)
A nice big nip of scotch (we use Tasmanian Hellyer’s Road single eight year old malt)
Method
The syrupBoil one cup of water in a medium saucepan and mix it with the honey.
Add the spices and chamomile flowers. Pour the rest of the water over the top (add more if you need to – it should cover all the ingredients).
Bring to the boil and then reduce the heat to simmer until it’s a very fragrant syrup.
To store the syrup – let the syrup cool and put it in a super clean and airtight container in the fridge.
The sneakyMix some of the warm syrup up with your scotch to taste and add some lemon (if you want…). You can put a sprig of thyme in there or the woody stem of a stick of rosemary (without the leaves) if you’re feeling fancy.
When you’re delving into your syrup stash for the next batch of sneakies, just warm up the syrup on the stovetop before mixing it with your scotch.
