for 1 glass

Sage syrup

1 dl	water
25 g	sugar
2 sprig	sage

Cocktail

1 dl	Lillet Rosé
2 cl	lemon juice
1	tangerine, all of the juice (yields approx. 50 ml)
some	ice cubes

Serve

1	tangerine, rinsed with hot water, dabbed dry, grated zest
½ tsp	sugar
some	ice cubes
1	sage leaf

How it's done

Sage syrup

Bring the water, sugar and sage to the boil in a pan. Turn down the heat, reduce to a syrupy consistency for approx. 10 mins., remove the sage. Leave the syrup to cool (yields approx. 2 tbsp).

Cocktail

Pour the Lillet, lemon and tangerine juice into the shaker. Add 1½ tbsp of the sage syrup and ice cubes, shake well for approx. 30 secs.

Serve

Mix the tangerine zest and sugar on a saucer. Pour the remainder of the sage syrup onto a second saucer. Press the rim of the glass into the syrup and then into the tangerine sugar. Place the ice cubes in a glass, pour the cocktail into the glass through a strainer, decorate with the sage.

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