Instructions

Step 1

To make the syrup, combine 1 cup sugar, 1 1⁄2 tablespoons lavender, and 1 cup water in a small saucepan over medium-high; cook until sugar has dissolved.

Step 2

To make the lavender dust, combine remaining sugar, lavender, and a pinch of sea salt in a spice grinder; grind until smooth.

Step 3

To make the cocktail, combine gin, juice, chartreuse, syrup, and egg white in a cocktail shaker; shake vigorously, then add ice and shake again. Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with lavender dust.

To make the syrup, combine 1 cup sugar, 1 1⁄2 tablespoons lavender, and 1 cup water in a small saucepan over medium-high; cook until sugar has dissolved.

To make the lavender dust, combine remaining sugar, lavender, and a pinch of sea salt in a spice grinder; grind until smooth.

Drinks

Lavender Sour

Serves
makes one cocktail

MATT TAYLOR-GROSS

JB Bernstein, bar manager at Vernick Food & Drink in Philadelphia, celebrates summer with this simple, floral gin cocktail, sweetened with lavender-infused syrup and garnished with lavender dust.

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Ingredients

For the Lavender Syrup and Dust

1 cup plus 1 tsp. granulated sugar
2 ¹⁄₂ tbsp. dried lavender
Pinch of sea salt

For the Cocktail

1 ¹⁄₂ oz. dry gin, preferably Portobello Road
³⁄₄ oz. fresh lemon juice
¹⁄₂ oz. green chartreuse
¹⁄₂ oz. lavender syrup
1 egg white

Instructions

Step 1

To make the syrup, combine 1 cup sugar, 1 1⁄2 tablespoons lavender, and 1 cup water in a small saucepan over medium-high; cook until sugar has dissolved.

Step 2

To make the lavender dust, combine remaining sugar, lavender, and a pinch of sea salt in a spice grinder; grind until smooth.

Step 3

To make the syrup, combine 1 cup sugar, 1 1⁄2 tablespoons lavender, and 1 cup water in a small saucepan over medium-high; cook until sugar has dissolved.
To make the lavender dust, combine remaining sugar, lavender, and a pinch of sea salt in a spice grinder; grind until smooth.
To make the cocktail, combine gin, juice, chartreuse, syrup, and egg white in a cocktail shaker; shake vigorously, then add ice and shake again. Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with lavender dust.