Citronelle Cocktail

Author

Christian Leue

Servings

1

Category

Drink

Ingredients

• 1 cup mineral or filtered tap water
• 1 cup raw sugar
• 2 Tbsp Noga N17
• Optional but recommended, 4 thin slices of fresh ginger
• 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
• 1/2 ounce noga syrup
• 1 1/2 ounces unaged rhum agricole
• Angostura bitters
• 3-4 ounces of ginger beer or seltzer
• Lime wheel and aleppo pepper for garnish

Directions

1. To prepare the syrup: In a small saucepan bring one cup of water to a boil and then drop to a simmer, add the sugar, Noga, and ginger (if using) and stir well. Simmer for 15 minutes, then strain through a coffee filter and store in a clean bottle. Allow to cool, then store in the refrigerator for up to a month.
2. For the cocktail: In a collins glass combine the lime juice, syrup, and rhum and stir well. Fill with ice cubes, then ginger beer or seltzer, and add a couple dashes of angostura. Stir gently with a straw and garnish with a lime wheel dipped in Aleppo pepper.