Apricot-Whiskey Smash

Ingredients

• Ice
• 2 ounces rye whiskey
• ¹/₈ medium lemon
• ¼ to ½ ounce "Rich Simple Syrup":/recipes/10533 (depending on how ripe the apricots are)
• 1 ounce Cointreau
• 3 medium fresh mint leaves
• 2 medium apricots, pitted and quartered

Combine apricots, mint, Cointreau, and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker and muddle until apricots are broken up but not pulverized. Squeeze lemon into the shaker, add whiskey, and fill three-quarters of the way with ice. Shake vigorously for 30 seconds, strain into an ice-filled rocks glass, a...

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