The Love Potion

by Maze Ingredients

10g dried rose buds, 100g sugar, 100ml honey, 300ml water 50ml Fords gin, 25ml fresh lemon juice, 1 egg white, rose petals

Method To make honey rose syrup 1

Add 10g dried rose buds, 100g sugar and 300ml water to a pan, bring to a boil then allow to simmer.

2

Stir until rose fragrance comes from the pan and all sugar is dissolved. Turn off heat and while mixture is still warm (but not boiling), add 100ml honey and stir through.

3

Allow the mixture to cool and then bottle.

To make cocktail 1

Add 50ml Fords Gin, 25ml fresh lemon juice, 30ml honey rose syrup and an egg white to a cocktail shaker. The egg white should go in last.

2

First shake the ingredients vigorously in the cocktail shaker without ice. When you open the shaker, the liquid should be foamy due to the egg white.

3

Re-shake again, this time with a cocktail shaker full of ice. Strain the cocktail into a teacup. Garnish with rose petals.