Blackberry Martini

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 2 cups blackberries
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 cup creme de cassis (or berry brandy)
• 1 tablespoon superfine sugar
• 4 lemon wedges
• 1 cup gin (or vodka)
• 2 tablespoons triple sec
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 in a small saucepan, combine 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water.
• 2 bring to a boil and stir until sugar is dissolved.
• 3 remove from heat and cool.
• 4 in a food processor or blender, combine 1 tablespoon sugar, the berries and the cassis (or brandy) and process till smooth.
• 5 rub the rims of 4 martini glasses with lemon.
• 6 spread the superfine sugar on a saucer.
• 7 twirl the rims of the glasses in the sugar.
• 8 place glasses in freezer.
• 9 add gin (or vodka), triple sec, lemon juice, 2 tablespoons of the cooled simple syrup and 1/4 cup of the berry puree to a shaker filled with ice.
• 10 shake vigorously.
• 11 strain into chilled glasses and garnish with lemon and, if you like, a whole berry in each glass.
• 12 to quote mr. reynolds, "serve immediately but sip slowly.".