Drinking In Season: Spiced And Spiked Blood Orange Cocktail Recipe

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon whole cloves
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 1/2 ounces vodka
• 1 ounce blood orange juice (about 1 orange)
• 1/2 ounce clove and cinnamon syrup
• Dash of orange bitters
• Blood orange slice to garnish

1. Combine sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir sugar until dissolved. Add cloves and cinnamon sticks and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool. Strain cloves and cinnamon sticks from the syrup and refrigerate (syrup keeps in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks).
2. Combine vodka, blood orange juice, and syrup in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously for 15 seconds. Strain liquid into a cocktail glass and garnish with a blood orange slice. Serve immediately.

sugar, water, whole cloves, cinnamon sticks, vodka, orange juice, cinnamon syrup, orange bitters, orange slice

Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/03/drinking-in-season-spiced-spiked-blood-orange-cocktail-vodka-clove-cinnamon.html (may not work)