Sugar syrup. It is just sugar and water boiled together. This liquid substance has all the same sweetness of granulated sugar. Leave to cool and bottle for future use in cocktails.

Sugar syrup is usually made in two different ratios depending on the time of the year. A wide variety of sugar and syrup options are available to you, such as form, color, and processing type. Sugar Syrup (or simple syrup, or "gomme") is, as its name implies, very easy to make and an essential item for your home bar. You can cook Sugar syrup using 2 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Sugar syrup

It's 1/4 cup of sugar.
You need 1/4 cup of water.

You'll find it in thousands of cocktails including Mojitos and Daquiris. Invert sugar syrup is a mixture of glucose and fructose; it is obtained by splitting the disaccharide sucrose into these two components. Sugar can do much more than just sweeten food and there are several forms of sugars and sweet syrups used in cooking. If you use too much it can destroy its natural flavor, burying it.

Sugar syrup instructions

In a sauce pan add sugar,water,.
Bring to a boil until sugar dissolves stir occasionally.
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Words by Simon Difford & Jane Ryan. Many cocktails benefit from sweetening but granulated sugar does not dissolve easily in cold liquids, particularly alcohol. Bring water and sugar to a boil and boil until sugar is dissolved. Cool to room temperature and transfer to a jar. Basic sugar syrup is just two ingredients but can make a huge difference when used as an ingredient in another recipe like drinks, cocktails, and cakes.