The spicy-sweet fig-ginger syrup rounds out the smoky mezcal and bright lemon juice in this cocktail. Mezcal is still the dominant flavor in this barely sweet drink that lets the liquor shine.
I've had this recipe since last year and have never made it. I figured it would be a perfect Thanksgiving cocktail so I assembled all the ingredients, followed the recipe to the T and ended up with a fabulous concoction! I will make this again, it's delicious and complex plus everyone else loved it too.
If you discard the fig-ginger solids your wasting a delicious combo that can be pureed and used as spread to serve with cheese or many other things. Add 1/4 oz of vodka to the syrup and it will easily keep for a month
There's also a recipe for a single cocktail on F&W:
2 oz Mezcal
3/4 oz fig/ginger syrup
3/4 oz lemon juice
1 oz mineral water
Shake all but the water with ice, add the mineral water and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass
Wow, sounds fantastic! We just love mezcal and this sounds that it is a perfect fall cocktail. /Mattias
