Bee's knees
Makes: 2
Prep time: 10 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Ant Duncan
Bee's knees
Just three ingredients are all that’s needed to make this cheery sweet-and-sour gin cocktail
Makes: 2
Prep time: 10 minsTotal time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
169Kcal
Fat
0gr
Saturates
0gr
Carbs
15gr
Sugars
15gr
Fibre
0gr
Protein
0gr
Salt
0gr
Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Head of Food. She loves the precision and creativity of baking, turning fridge odds-and-ends into a weeknight pasta, and is always bookmarking new restaurants to try. She's happiest hosting friends around a table overflowing with food (and insisting everyone has seconds) or planning holidays around what to eat.
Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Head of Food. She loves the precision and creativity of baking, turning fridge odds-and-ends into a weeknight pasta, and is always bookmarking new restaurants to try. She's happiest hosting friends around a table overflowing with food (and insisting everyone has seconds) or planning holidays around what to eat.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp clear honey
- 2 lemons
- large handful of ice
- 100ml gin
Step by step
- Place the honey in a small pan with 1 tablespoon of water. Stir over a low heat until combined. Set aside.
- Use a vegetable peeler to pare 2 decorative strips of zest from 1 of the lemons. Squeeze the juice from the lemons until you have 50ml.
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in the measured lemon juice, honey syrup and gin. Shake vigorously until cold.
- Strain into 2 cocktail glasses and garnish with the lemon zest to serve.
