Cocktails with Pumpkin spice syrup
Pumpkin spice syrup is a flavoring syrup of sugar and water with the warm "pumpkin pie" spice blend.
How it's used
It suits autumn drinks, coffee drinks and toddies, alongside aged rum and whiskey. Many bottled versions contain no pumpkin at all: the name comes from the pie spice.
Substitutes for Pumpkin spice syrup
Homemade pumpkin spice syrup
Bring 350 ml of water and 300 g of sugar to a boil. Whisk in 55 g of pumpkin purée and four teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice, simmer for 20 minutes, then strain through cheesecloth.
Sugar syrup with pumpkin pie spice
In a pinch, gently warm a little dry spice blend in plain sugar syrup and strain it.
Dry pumpkin pie spice
Won't work alone. It adds aroma but refuses to dissolve, leaving grit in the glass. You still need plain syrup for sweetness.
Storage
Ground spice settles and the syrup separates, so shake before pouring. Refrigerated, it holds three to four weeks; the spice rounds out over the first few days, then starts to dull. Homemade with fresh purée keeps up to a week.
