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The Notorious F.I.G Cocktail

This rich purple and plump fruit with honey-like flavour makes for the perfect autumnal hero ingredient for our seasonal cocktail special. Our assistant general manager Sam, is celebrating the second season of figs.

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Ingredients

30ml Daylesford Organic fig leaf gin
15ml Daylesford Organic elderflower liqueur
30ml Fig shrub*
50ml Rooibos tea
7.5ml Sustainable lemon juice

*For the fig shrub

100g Figs
80g Demerara sugar
65ml Apple cider vinegar
15ml Balsamic vinegar
Begin with the fig shrub

The trick to a good shrub is to have equal parts fruit, sugar and vinegar. Chop the figs finely and add to a glass jar. Add the demerara sugar and both vinegars. Stir to combine. Cover and rest for 24 to 48 hours. Muddle the figs, stirring through the shrub with a spoon. Strain the shrub into a bottle using a muslin covered chinois. A tightly woven sieve will work just as well, so long as you filter carefully through a muslin cloth to extract the small particles.

Directions
  • Add all ingredients, including your fig shrub, to a cocktail shaker. If you don’t have a cocktail shaker, an old jam jar will do the job.
  • Add fresh ice and shake.
  • Strain into your preferred cocktail glass and top up with fresh ice.
  • Garnish with a slice of fig to garnish.

*Tip: If garnishing with fresh fig, use the remainder of the fig by adding to your cocktail shaker for extra figginess.

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