Blood Orange-Raspberry Smash Cocktail
Blood Orange-Raspberry Smash Cocktail
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 6 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 blood orange, cut in half
- 1 fresh lime, cut in half
- 6-8 fresh raspberries
- 2-3 ounces vodka
- sparkling soda or sparkling lemonade, to taste
Combine 1 cup of sugar to 1 cup of water and stir. Bring mixture to a boil and then reduce the heat to a simmer (5-6 minutes) or until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture has thickened slightly. Remove from heat, add fresh thyme; cover and steep for 15 minutes.
Store in a glass jar with lid and refrigerate until ready to use.
In a cocktail shaker or pitcher, muddle 1/2 blood orange (cut in wedges), 1/2 lime and raspberries.
Add thyme infused simple syrup, juice of remaining blood orange + lime and vodka. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass filled with ice.
Top with a splash of sparkling soda and garnish with blood orange slices, raspberries and fresh thyme.
