Tipsy Tuesday: Fig Thyme

As I walked into whole foods this past weekend, the beautiful display of figs caught my eye. Confession, I've always loved fig newtons as a kid. Strange perhaps, yes, but they are just so naturally sweet and delicious!  (my husband also thinks it's weird I loved Ovaltine, but come on, that chocolatey powder is the biggity-bomb. Back to the topic at hand..) Because of my childhood love of the fig-newts, I later graduated to eating dried mission figs with nuts as a snack. When I spotted this cocktail in The Art of the Bar, I knew I had to make it.  

This is the all grown-up version of my fig love affair, and oh, how sweet it is.

Ingredients:

1 Fig quartered

plus 1 extra quarter for garnish

1/2 oz of thyme simple syrup *

1/2 oz fresh lime juice

1 1/2 oz pisco

1/4 oz cointreau

Muddle the quartered fig with thyme syrup in the bottom of a shaker glass. Top with ice and add the lime juice, pisco, and Cointreau. Shake until cold and then strain through fine mesh sieve into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with quartered fig and a sprig of thyme if you'd like!

*Thyme simple syrup: 1 cup sugar, 1 1/2 cups water, 5-6 sprigs of fresh thyme or 3 teaspoons of dried thyme.

simmer for 15-20 minutes. Cool, strain through a sieve, transfer to a bottle and refrigerate up to 2 weeks.

  Enjoy! xox