Tarragon Syrup For Limeade Recipes

Steps:

• Combine sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir and add tarragon.
• Continue stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Simmer for an additional 2 minutes and remove from heat. Let the syrup cool and transfer to an air-tight container. If refrigerated, the syrup will last for months.

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, tarragon, and 2 1/2 cups water; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook until the sugar has completely dissolved, about 1 minute. Remove from heat; let stand 30 minutes. Remove and discard tarragon sprigs. Store syrup in an airtight container, refrigerated, up to 2 months.

Steps:

• In a large pitcher, stir together lime juice, tarragon syrup, and 2 cups cold water. Fill pitcher with ice; garnish with lime wedges and tarragon sprigs. Serve.

Steps:

• Make honeydew ice:
• Bring water and sugar to a simmer, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Transfer 1/2 cup hot syrup to a bowl and stir in tarragon, then cool. Chill remaining syrup.
• Pour tarragon syrup through a very fine sieve into a metal bowl, discarding solids. Purée honeydew in a blender and stir into strained tarragon syrup. Freeze in ice cream maker, then transfer to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden.
• Make plum soup:
• Dice enough of plums to measure 1/2 cup and reserve. Coarsely chop remaining plums and purée in 2 batches with 1 cup chilled syrup (total) in a blender. Pour purée through very fine sieve into a bowl, pressing on and discarding solids.
• Stir in diced plums, lime juice, and chilled syrup to taste.
• Serve soup immediately, topped with scoops of honeydew ice.

Steps:

• In saucepan combine water and sugar. Bring to boiling over medium heat and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add the tarragon; boil gently, uncovered, 2 minutes more. Remove from heat, cover. Strain; discard tarragon. Move the syrup to a covered storage container. Recfigerate up to 2 weeks.
• Makes 2 cups.

Steps:

• Combine sugar, 1/4 cup tarragon, and 1/4 cup water in a jar, cover, and shake until sugar is dissolved. Strain tarragon syrup through a fine-mesh sieve into a clean jar or small bowl; discard tarragon.
• Using a sharp knife, remove peel and white pith from blood oranges, clementines, navel oranges, and tangerines; discard. Slice citrus crosswise into 1/4"-thick rounds. Arrange citrus on a platter, drizzle with tarragon syrup (if your citrus is sweet, you may not want to use all of the syrup), and top with more tarragon leaves.
• Do Ahead
• Syrup can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.