Description
Add some winter elegance to the classic honey bee cocktail with blood orange juice and a homemade honey simple syrup.
Ingredients
Scale
For 1 Bees Knees Cocktail
- 2 ounces gin
- 1 ounce honey simple syrup (*recipe below)
- 1 ounce fresh blood orange juice
- ½ ounce fresh lemon juice
- Ice
- Blood orange slice, for garnish
Honey Simple Syrup
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup honey
Instructions
For 1 Bees Knees Cocktail
Add gin, simple syrup, blood orange juice, and lemon juice to a shaker; fill with ice and shake well. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with blood orange slice.
For the honey simple syrup:
Heat water and honey over medium in a small saucepan. Cook, stirring until honey is completely dissolved and bubbles start to form around the edges of the pan. Remove from heat and let cool.
Notes
Store syrup in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 2–3 weeks.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cocktail
- Calories: 212
- Sugar: 17g
- Sodium: 4mg
- Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 17g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
Keywords: Bees Knees cocktail, honey gin cocktail, gin cocktail
