Blackberry Ginger Bramble Cocktail
For fans of blackberries and intense ginger flavor, this spirited cocktail is perfect for sipping next to a fireplace on fine fall evenings.
Prep Time:
15 minutes
Cook Time:
3 minutes
Serves:
2
Perfect for:
BBQ and Tailgates
Dairy Free
New Years
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Driscoll’s Blackberries
- 1/3 Cup sugar
- 1/3 Cup water
- 1 1/2 - 2 Tbsp. grated fresh ginger
- Crushed ice
- 2 Ounces fresh lemon juice
- 4 Ounces gin
- Ice cubes
- 2 splashes creme de cassis
- 4-6 Driscoll’s Blackberries
- 2 lemon wedges
Directions
- PLACE 1/2 cup blackberries into a small saucepan.
- ADD 1/3 cup sugar and 1/3 cup water.
- COOK over medium heat 2 minutes or until sugar is dissolved.
- MASH with a potato masher until blackberries are broken down.
- LET mixture boil for 1 minute.
- REMOVE from heat and COVER saucepan and LET REST 5 minutes.
- STRAIN mixture through a fine-mesh sieve and PRESS with a rubber spatula or back of a ladle to release juices.
- LET blackberry simple syrup COOL completely.
- CHILL in refrigerator until needed or up to 2 weeks in a sealed container.
- PLACE 1 ½ – 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger into a fine-mesh sieve.
- PRESS using a rubber spatula or the back of a ladle to release juices into a small bowl.
- SET ASIDE ginger juice until needed.
- FILL 2 cocktail glasses with crushed ice and SET ASIDE.
- POUR 4 ounces gin into a cocktail shaker.
- ADD 2 ounces fresh lemon juice, 2 ounces blackberry simple syrup.
- ADD 1 ½ teaspoons ginger juice.
- FILL cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
- SHAKE vigorously for 20 seconds or until outside of cocktail shaker is frosted.
- DIVIDE cocktail between prepared cocktail glasses.
- ADD 1 splash creme de cassis to each cocktail.
- GARNISH each cocktail with 2 or 3 blackberries.
- GARNISH each cocktail with 1 lemon wedge.
- SERVE Blackberry Ginger Bramble immediately.
