Simple Syrup & Rich Simple Syrup
2013-10-21Ingredients
- Simple Syrup
- 2 cups Granulated Sugar
- 2 cups Water
- In a sauce pan, bring the sugar and water to a boil, stirring occasionally. Once dissolved (about 3 minutes), remove from the heat and allow to cool. Pour into a stoppered bottle and store in the refrigerator for up to 6 weeks. (Yields ~2½ cups.)
- Rich Simple Syrup
- 4 cups Granulated Sugar
- 2 cups Water
- In a sauce pan, bring the sugar and water to a boil, stirring occasionally. Once dissolved (about 4 minutes), remove from the heat and allow to cool. Pour into a stoppered bottle and store in the refrigerator for up to 6 weeks. (Yields ~4 cups)
This ingredient is used in over one-fifth of our cocktails! You can certainly pay for a bottle of this sugar-water at your local liquor or grocery store (as we typically do), or you can save yourself some cash and and make your own. Believe me, you will use this a lot. I mean come on…check out all the cocktail recipes we have which utilize this ingredient!