Sapphire and Steel was originally a late 1970s British Sci-Fi TV series that had a very confusing storyline based on Joanna Lumley (Sapphire) and David McCallum (Steel) mending irregularities in time. Imagine a lower budget seventies version of the spookier episodes of Doctor Who with Patsy from Ab Fab and you're pretty much there.
Thankfully the cocktail version of Sapphire and Steel is far less complicated, and contains just four ingredients - Bombay Sapphire (obviously), St. Germain, lemon juice and thyme sugar. To continue the thyme theme, I'm serving mine with cheese and thyme straws.
YOU WILL NEED
(enough for Merv too)
- 4 shots Bombay Sapphire gin
- 2 shots St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur
- 1 shot lemon juice
- 2 sugar cubes
- 4 springs thyme
AND TO MAKE
Reserve two of the thyme sprigs for garnish. Remove the leaves from the remaining two sprigs of thyme and discard the stalks, add the thyme leaves and the two sugar cubes to a pestle and mortar and grind until the leaves combine with the sugar leaving a very fine, pale green thyme sugar.
Add the thyme sugar to your cocktail shaker along with the remaining ingredients and plenty of ice and shake for 20 seconds.
TO SERVE
Strain your cocktail into two chilled coupe glasses and garnish each with the reserved thyme sprigs. Serve with a home-made cheese and thyme straw on the side, if you're feeling fancy.
Love Myrtle xxx
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