Blueberry Thrill

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups blueberries
• 1 1/2 cups dry gin
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 cardamom pods
• crushed ice
• 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
• additional blueberries (optional)

Recipe

• 1 place 2 cups blueberries in a large, heavy stainless-steel saucepan; mash with a fork or potato masher. place over medium-high heat, and cook 3 minutes or until berries begin to release juice. remove from heat; add gin.
• 2 cover and let stand at least for 1 hour or up to overnight. strain mixture through a sieve into a bowl, pressing berries with the back of a spoon to remove as much juice as possible; discard solids.
• 3 combine 3/4 cup water, sugar, and cardamom pods in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. cook 2 minutes or until sugar dissolves. cool completely; discard cardamom pods.
• 4 to serve, add the ice to a cocktail shaker to come halfway up sides of container. add 1/4 cup blueberry-gin, 1 1/2 tablespoons cardamom syrup, and 1 tablespoon lemon juice; shake until chilled. strain cocktail into a chilled martini glass.
• 5 garnish with additional blueberries, if desired. serve immediately. repeat procedure with remaining ingredients.
• 6 j. kenji lopez-alt, cooking light.
• 7 june 2011.