Name: Honjozo highball
Yield: 1
Ingredients: Ice -; 30ml honjozo sake -; 20ml green apple & ginger cordial (see below) -; 100ml soda water -; 200g sugar -; 200g chopped Granny Smith apples (prepared weight), plus apple slices to garnish -; 10g ginger, peeled and sliced, plus matchsticks to garnish -; 50ml lemon juice -

Ingredients for - Honjozo highball

1. Ice

2. 30ml honjozo sake

3. 20ml green apple & ginger cordial (see below)

4. 100ml soda water

5. 200g sugar

6. 200g chopped Granny Smith apples (prepared weight), plus apple slices to garnish

7. 10g ginger, peeled and sliced, plus matchsticks to garnish

8. 50ml lemon juice

How to cook deliciously - Honjozo highball

1 . Stage

First, make the cordial. Tip the sugar into an airtight container, add the apples and ginger and leave at room temperature for 24 hrs. Add 100ml water and stir. Sieve the liquid into a jug through a fine mesh sieve, discarding the apple and ginger. Stir in the lemon juice. Will keep in a sealed container in the fridge for up to a week.

2 . Stage

Fill a highball glass with ice. Pour over the sake and green apple & ginger cordial, then top up with the soda water and garnish with apple slices and some ginger.