Preparation time
over 2 hours
Cooking time
Serves
Serves 2
In The Earl I have brought the twin passions of gin and tea together and serve them chilled in a teapot.
By Olly Smith
From Good Food Friday with Michel Roux Jr and Olly Smith
Ingredients
For the Earl Grey infused gin
- 20g/¾oz loose leaf Earl Grey tea
- 1 x 750ml bottle gin
For the cocktail
- 40ml/1½fl oz Earl Grey infused gin
- 30ml/1fl oz regular gin (not the infused gin)
- 30ml/1fl oz lemon juice
- 45ml/1½fl oz elderflower cordial
- 20ml/1fl oz sugar syrup
- 1 heaped tsp lime marmalade
Method
- Infuse the loose leaf Earl Grey tea into the bottle of gin, shake and leave for exactly 2 hours. Strain and return to the bottle (you will not need all the gin).
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the Earl Grey infused gin, standard gin, lemon juice, elderflower cordial, sugar syrup and lime marmalade. Shake.
- Strain into a teapot packed with ice and serve chilled in teacups with a slice of fresh lemon. You could serve with ice cubes instead of sugar cubes on the side.