Blueberry Cocktail (tangy blueberry drink with bold colour)
This blueberry cocktail is striking in appearance and just as wonderful to taste. Blending freeze-dried blueberries, gin, peach liqueur and citrus juice, the result is a sour-style blueberry drink bursting with intense fruit flavour.
Servings: 1
Calories: 288kcal
Ingredients
- 10 Mixologist's Garden freeze-dried blueberries
- 40 ml Gin London Dry or American-style gins work well
- 20 ml Peach liqueur
- 30 ml Lemon juice
- 20 ml Simple syrup
- 20 ml Egg white
Instructions
- Put 10 Mixologist’s Garden blueberries into a jug and crush them with a cocktail muddler.
- Pour in the gin and stir briskly for 20 seconds to infuse the blueberry flavour and colour.
- Strain the gin through a fine-meshed sieve into a cocktail shaker.
- Add the remaining ingredients but do not addice.
- Secure the lid of the shaker and shake vigorously for 30 seconds.
- Now add a large handful of ice to the shaker and shake again for 30-45 seconds until the shaker feels ice cold and a creamy foam has built up.
- Strain into a serving glass, garnish with Mixologist’s Garden blueberries and serve immediately.
To Create a Stencil Garnish
- Crush half a pack of our blueberries using a pestle and mortar to produce a fine powder.
- Place a stencil over the top of the drink and sieve the blueberry powder over the top.
- Carefully remove the stencil to reveal the pattern.
Notes
- Chill your serving glass for 15 minutes to ensure that your drink is served deliciously ice cold.
- It is essential to strain the blueberry-infused gin through a fine-meshed sieve before proceeding with the cocktail to ensure that the drink is smooth. Do not skip this step.
- Shake this cocktail twice, first without ice and then with ice, to build up that wonderful creamy mouthfeel and foamy top.
- Double-strain your drink into serving glasses to make sure that shards of ice and citrus flesh do not fall into the glass.
- If using blueberry powder to create a pretty stencil garnish then pound the fruit as close to serving time as possible as it has a tendency to clump once exposed to the air.
- If necessary, use a spoon to push the powder through to sieve if it has begun to clump.
Nutrition
Calories: 288kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 0.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.03g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.03g | Sodium: 53mg | Potassium: 223mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Vitamin C: 134mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 3mg
