From Bon Appetit, March 2005, a gin martini recipe that sounds yummy.
-Mix ¼ cup hot water with 1 tsp lavender blossoms. Let steep 5 minutes.
-Whisk in ¼ cup honey and then strain with a fine mesh sieve into another bowl.
-Add 3 TBS honey syrup 6 TBS gin and 2 TBS lemon juice to a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
-Shake well and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses.
-Serves 2.
-To make the mint syrup combine the following in a small saucepan:
2 cups water
2 cups white sugar
½ cup fresh mint
-Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally until the sugar is completely dissolved.
-Allow syrup to cool overnight in the fridge.
-Pour syrup through a strainer to remove mint leaves
-Fill eight cups or frozen goblets with crushed ice and pour in the following:
3 ounces of Kentucky bourbon
¼ cup mint syrup in each.
-Top each cup with some sparkling water and a mint sprig.