Thyme Simple Syrup
Thyme Simple Syrup is a great way to use up extra herbs or even a great reason to buy herbs! It’s a tasty, sweet, herbaceous way to liven up drinks like lemonade, tea or cocktails. Thyme even has medicinal properties and is often used to treat respiratory ailments! You only need 3 ingredients and 15 minutes to make it!
If you’ve wondered what to do with thyme besides adding to roasted potatoes and meats, you will want to try this simple syrup recipe. It adds a fun, unexpected (in a good way) herby taste to drinks and is the perfect way to use up extra thyme. Let’s make it!
Ingredients
Thyme simple syrup
We all love a good 3-ingredient recipe, don’t we? All you need to make this simple syrup is: fresh thyme, granulated sugar and water.
How to make thyme simple syrup
Once you’ve made one simple syrup you can make them all! To make this, just combine all ingredients in a small pot over medium heat.
As soon as the mixture boils and the sugar is dissolved, remove from the heat.
Allow the syrup to cool for about 30 minutes with the thyme still the pot so it can further infuse the syrup.
Then strain out the thyme and store syrup in an airtight jar in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
How to use thyme syrup
Thyme adds a delicate herb flavor that is somehow earthy and fresh at the same time. If you have extra thyme (pun!) this syrup is a great way to use it up/extend its life before it goes bad. It can go well in so many drinks!
Cocktails
Add a couple of tablespoons to a cocktail. Many herb-infused cocktails call for soaking the herbs in the alcohol to impart flavor and many cocktail recipes call for regular simple syrup. Try using thyme simple syrup instead by replacing regular simple syrup at a 1:1 ratio and skipping the long herb-soak in the alcohol.
Lemonade
Try adding it to lemonade! Thyme and lemon go great together in savory dishes but they also go great in a tart + sweet lemonade. It is a refreshing twist on lemonade, plus thyme imparts some extra health benefits!
Hot or iced tea
Hot or iced tea is a great way to use this syrup. Just stir in the desired amount to hot tea for a comforting, warm beverage. I like it in ginger lemon tea! You can also try adding this to iced tea of course. Iced ginger lemon tea would work great here too.
Herbed soda
For a light + fresh soda, try adding some to club soda with ice for a refreshing herb tonic!
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Thyme Simple Syrup
Add a fun herby twist to lemonade, cocktails and tea with this thyme simple syrup.
- Prep Time: 1 minute
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 11 minutes
- Yield: 1 cup syrup 1x
- Category: syrup
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup fresh thyme sprigs
Instructions
- Add the sugar, water and fresh thyme to a small pot over medium high heat.
- Cook until sugar has dissolved and the mixture is boiling.
- Remove from heat and allow the syrup to cool for 30 minutes before removing thyme springs and placing in an airtight jar.
- Store in the fridge and use within 2 weeks.
