I was watching a local station while visiting Nashville last week and over the lunch hour saw some recipes for summer time beverages. Well it’s been hot down there for a while but it was perfect timing for this Indiana girl.
What normally happens is they use crazy ingredients you don’t have, expensive ones you won’t buy or they leave out some sort of detail. Of course here it was the details. So after some testing, I know such a sucky job to have here is what I came up with.
Ingredients
3 oz of Vodka
3.5 oz of sweet and sour –see below (store bought is good too)
1 oz of Blackberry Sangria –see below
4 mint leaves and 1 for a garnish
Pour ingredients into a shaker, SHAKE and pour into tall ice filled glass.
Take the garnish mint leaf and spank it (you know place it in your palm and smack with the other hand) now lay it on top of your drink. You could asd a splash of diet 7UP. ENJOY!!! *This is a revision. At first I was making 1/2 as much, straining and serving in a chilled martini glass. VERY elegant but difficult to balance and it was to good to sip.
Blackberry Sangria
1 cup frozen blackberries
1/2 cup of boiling water
1/4 cup sugar – this can be adjusted to your sweetness likings
Place blackberries and sugar in heat safe container add boiling water. Let sit until dissolved. Place in blender and liquefy. I also used this same recipe with frozen strawberries, KLT enjoyed it.
Sweet and Sour
1 part simple syrup (2 parts water & 3 part sugar)
1 part lemon juice
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