Joy Mulled Manhattans
Recipe provided by The Bull and Bee Meadery
Prep Time: 35 minutes
Yields: 2 cocktails
Ingredients
*Ingredients currently available at the Saratoga Farmers’ Market
4 ounces Joy Mulled Spice Mead*
1 ounce sweet vermouth
1 ounce mulled simple syrup (see below) or simply syrup
Several drops of orange bitters
Several drops regular old fashioned bitters
2 strips of orange zest
Directions
Chill your cocktail glasses
Mix Joy Mulled spice Mead, vermouth and mulled simple syrup (or regular simply syrup) over ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously until frosty. Strain into glasses.
Sprinkle a dash of orange bitters and a dash of old fashioned bitters onto each cocktail. Twist zest over drink and drop in. You can also drop in the star anise from the mulling to hive a nice aromatic. Not needed but it looks and smells good.
Mulled Simple Syrup
I cup water
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons whole mulling spices* (cinnamon, allspice, cloves)
1-2 star anise
Several strips orange zest
Add all ingredients to small saucepan and bring to gentle simmer. Stir until all the sugar has dissolved and let simmer for 5-10 minutes or until sufficiently steeped. Turn off heat and let cool to room temp with spices. Decant into the glass bottle (or plastic squeeze bottle as we do) straining out the spices. It is ready to use or keep in the fridge.
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