Spiced Fig Ginger Hot Toddy

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Chef Joanne Weir shares her spiced fig ginger hot toddy recipe for a cozy drink to warm you up and uses hot toddy ingredients you probably have on-hand.

Course: Drinks

Keyword: fig hot toddy, fig simple syrup, ginger hot toddy

Servings: drink

Calories: 134kcal

Ingredients

Spiced Fig Simple Syrup

12 Orchard Choice or Sun-Maid California Golden Figs
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup honey
Peel of 1 orange . removed with a vegetable peeler
6 whole cloves
4 thin slices of fresh ginger
1 cinnamon stick

Spiced Fig Ginger Hot Toddy Recipe

2 ounces bourbon
4 ounces boiling water
3 ounces Spiced Fig Simple Syrup
1/2 ounce lemon juice
Freshly grated nutmeg
Cinnamon stick , as a garnsih
Strip of orange peel

Instructions

Spiced Fig Simple Syrup

Place the figs, water, honey, orange peel, cloves, ginger, and cinnamon stick in a saucepan and bring to a boil over medium high heat. Reduce the heat to medium low and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, strain, pressing the spices, figs and orange peel, to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the spices, figs and orange peel.
(Makes 9 fluid ounces or enough for 3 hot toddies)

Spiced Fig Ginger Hot Toddy

Combine the bourbon, boiling water, spiced fig simple syrup and lemon juice in a glass mug and stir together. Grate a pinch of nutmeg onto the top. Garnish with a cinnamon stick and strip of orange peel.

Notes

Recipe by Chef Joanne Weir

Photos by Annelies Z

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