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Eld Fen Martini

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A delicious and refreshing cocktail inspired by the Tanis Podcast

Ingredients

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For The Fennel Syrup

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1 medium bulb fresh fennel, roughly chopped

For The Eld Fen Martini

  • 30ml Fennel Syrup
  • 30ml Vodka
  • 30ml St Germain Elderflower Liqueur
  • Juice of 1/2 a lime
  • Splash of Chartreuse
  • Ice

For The Garnish

  • 2 blueberries
  • 1 blackberry

Instructions

For The Fennel Simple Syrup

  1. Give the fennel seeds a few good whacks with a pestle or heavy rolling pin.
  2. Place the water, sugar, fennel seeds and chopped fennel in a small pan.
  3. Bring to a boil, then simmer for around 10 minutes.
  4. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
  5. Strain to remove the fennel and fennel seeds.
  6. Place in fridge until required.

For The Cocktail

  1. Chill your martini glass.
  2. Pour the vodka, St Germain, fennel simple syrup, lime juice and Chartreuse into a shaker filled with ice.
  3. Shake, baby, shake.
  4. Pour into your martini glass.
  5. Garnish with blueberries and blackberry that have been slightly bruised to release some juice.
  6. Enjoy!

Notes

  • You will have enough Fennel Simple Syrup to make plenty of these!

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Find it online: https://www.retrofoodformoderntimes.com/2016/09/03/tanis-inspired-cocktails-2-the-eld-fen-martini/