Ingredients:
Rose Tea
Rose syrup
Vodka
Rose sugar
Beet juice
Wet rim of serving glass with folded damp paper towel or sponge and dip into shallow dish filled with rose sugar. Add 3 tablespoons vodka, 2 tablespoons rose tea, 1 tablespoon rose syrup and ¼ teaspoon beet juice. Garnish with rose petals or rose bud.
To make rose syrup you will need:
½ turbinado (raw) sugar
½ cup water
¼ cup fresh rose petals (washed and pesticide free)
While clutching all the petals with one hand pluck whole rose blooms and snip off white tip that connects to stem with scissors while still holding all the petals. Add all ingredients in a small sauce pot and boil for 5 minutes. Let cool for 15 minutes then strain out petals.
To make rose sugar you will need:
1 cup fresh rose petals (washed and pesticide free)
3 tablespoons turbinado (raw) sugar
Remove petals and discard tips as before. Place rose petals on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Heat oven to lowest setting then turn off. Place cookie sheet into oven for 2 hours. (Set aside 1 packed teaspoon of dried rose petals for the rose tea). Add 4 packed tablespoons of dried rose petals and 3 tablespoons turbinado sugar to coffee grinder or nut chopper and pulse until a fine powder.
To make rose tea you will need:
1 teaspoon dried petals
1 cup water
Boil 1 cup of water. Then steep 1 packed teaspoon of dried petals for 4 minutes. Use a tea ball or wrap in cheesecloth to immerse into water.
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