Summer Peach Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 fresh peaches, diced
- 1 additional peach, sliced for garnish
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 8 sprigs fresh thyme, divided
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1/2 cup water
- 8 oz gin or vodka
- 12 oz club soda, chilled
- Ice
Instructions
- Add the diced peaches, water, honey, and 4 sprigs of thyme to a small saucepan.
- Bring the mixture to a gentle boil and cook until the peaches soften.
- Remove from heat and allow the mixture to cool slightly.
- Strain the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer, reserving the peach-thyme syrup.
- Refrigerate the syrup for approximately 1 hour or until chilled.
- Fill a large pitcher with ice.
- Add the gin or vodka, soda water, fresh lemon juice, and chilled peach syrup.
- Stir gently to combine.
- Pour over ice and garnish with fresh peach slices and thyme sprigs.