Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Rosemary Orange Fizz

Rosemary Simple Syrup 

2 cups water
2 cups sugar
5 springs roaemary (cut to fit in pot)

Place water in sugar in pot on stovetop and cook on hi until all sugar is dissolved.  Turn off heat, add rosemary and steep 20-25 min.  Put in fordge to chill.  Make at least 4 hours ahead (or quicker chill in freezer, but don't freeze)

Rosemary Orange Cocktail

Sugar for sugared rim 
Edible glitter (optional)
1/4 cup good vodka 
1/8 cup rosemary simple syrup 
Fresh squeezed juice of have a navel orange+ slice 
Prosecco or champagne to top it off

(Easy to double, triple, etc.). The above makes 1 glass...

Use slice of orange to wet rim of glass.  Please sugar on a plate, and after glass rim is moistened, sugar rim the glass.  In a shaker put remaining ingredients (I added a glitter sea green edible glitter) with ice and shake it up.  Pour into coupe glass, leacing room for prosecco at top.  Top it off with Prosecco, and enjoy.  Cheers!

Also works with lemon juice!  Juice of half a lemon instead of an orange.  Cockatil is less sweet, more tart and also delicious.

With lemon (and no glitter):

Pretzel Bread


Ingredients:

3 cups flour
2 heaping teaspoons dry active yeast
2 tbsp. Sugar
1 tsp. Baking soda
3 tsp. Salt
6 tbsp. Olive oil
1 cup plus 3 tbsp. Warm water


Place all ingredients in this order in bread maker.  Bake at basic setting.  Enjoy warm :)