Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, blackberry smash. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
The blackberry bourbon smash is the whiskey drinker's mojito. In fact, I used the same recipe as my blackberry mojito and substituted bourbon for rum. Blackberry Smash Cocktail This Blackberry Smash Cocktail is my favorite summer drink recipe. Loaded with fresh blackberries, mint, ginger beer and liquor of your choice!
Blackberry Smash is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Blackberry Smash is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have blackberry smash using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Blackberry Smash:
- Prepare 7 blackberries
- Get 8 mint leaves
- Make ready 1 lime, well washed and cut in quarters after you cut one end off (to use as decoration in the cocktail)
- Make ready 1 tsp spiced honey (or chili infused simple syrup)
- Prepare 2 oz. Bourbon of your choice
- Make ready Gingerale (or Prosecco if this is being drunk on a festive occasion)
- Prepare cubes Ice
Let's not forget those mouthwatering local fruits, too. It's also no secret that The Uncorked Librarian is much better at drinking cocktails than making them. On a shallow plate, combine the sugar and lime zest. Run the lime wedge around the edge of your glasses, then invert each glass into the plate to create a sugar/lime rim.
Instructions to make Blackberry Smash:
- Fill a lowball/Old-Fashioned glass 3/4 way up with ice cubes and place in the freezer while you make your drink.
- Put 6 of the blackberries, 7 of the mint leaves, the honey and the lime quarters in a shaker and muddle well. For those without a shaker or a muddle, a jug and a wooden spoon work just as well. Work together until the blackberries have turned to juice and the honey has melted into the released lime juice.
- Add the Bourbon and some ice cubes and shake. For those without the shaker, stir.
- Remove the glass from the freezer. Strain the cocktail into the glass, top off with Gingerale and serve garnished with the end of the lime and the remaining mint leaf and blackberry.
On a shallow plate, combine the sugar and lime zest. Run the lime wedge around the edge of your glasses, then invert each glass into the plate to create a sugar/lime rim. In a cocktail shaker or glass jar, add blackberries, mint, lemon juice and honey, using a muddler, (or even the end of a rolling pin or other kitchen tool). Blackberry bourbon smash is part mojito and part mint julep, with a citrusy blackberry basil twist. Made from fresh or frozen Oregon blackberries, this cocktail works for any season.
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