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Ingredients
- 12 sticks black licorice, broken into 1-inch pieces, plus more for garnishing drinks
- 1 cup sugar
- Three 1-inch slices fresh ginger
- 2 liters unsweetened orange-flavored soda water
- Gin, optional
Method
- Special equipment: skull and bones ice cube trays
- For the licorice ice: Place the licorice pieces and 4 cups water in a medium saucepan over medium high heat and bring to a simmer.
- Cook until the licorice is completely melted, remove from the heat and let cool completely.
- Fill the skull and bones cube trays with the licorice water and freeze.
- For the drink: Combine the sugar, ginger and 1 cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat.
- Cook until the sugar dissolves completely, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Remove and discard the ginger and set the simple syrup aside to cool completely.
- Fill a pitcher with the orange soda water.
- Add the simple syrup.
- Pour into glasses filled with licorice ice, garnish with black licorice sticks and add a jigger of gin if desired.
