When Ginger Gets Blue Cocktail

PH factor: 9.5

Recipe

Ingredients:

Cocktail

o 6 large wild blueberries or

2 bar spoons of blueberry jam

o 6 mint leaves

o ½ teaspoon grated ginger

o 1 ¼ ounce Finlandia vodka

o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe

Supérieure

o 3 teaspoons lemon juice

o 1 tablespoon Honey Syrup

(see: Syrups etc.)

o 1 dash of almond extract or

to taste

o 2 ounces Fever-Tree Premium

Ginger Beer

Garnish

o mint sprig

Method:

1. Muddle ginger and berries

or preserves with mint leaves in

a cocktail shaker.

2. Add ice and remaining

cocktail ingredients except soda

and shake to chill.

3. Fine strain into an ice-filled

Old Fashioned glass.

4. Top with ginger beer.

5. Garnish with a mint sprig.

Remarks:

When Ginger gets blue things

can get a little complicated. We

enjoyed it with both fruit and

preserves. So, fruit in season,

preserves when not.

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