Mixed Berry Sour
A silky berry based sour with sharp lemon, botanical and strawberry gin and just enough cracked pepper to provide a slight savoury twist
Ingredients
- 30 ml strawberry gin (or regular gin if you don’t have a flavoured gin)
- 45 ml gin
- 20 ml fresh lemon juice
- 40 ml Mixed berry syrup
- 1 egg white
- 2 sprinkles of fresh ground black pepper
- 1 pinch sea salt
Mixed Berry syrup
- 250 grams frozen mixed berries
- 80-100 Ml water
Instructions
- Add gin(s), lemon juice, egg white, syrup and pepper to a cocktail shaker with ice
- Shake vigorously and strain into a tumbler with or without ice (I prefer served with ice but purists would argue no ice)
Berry Syrup
- Cook berries, water and sugar until sugar dissolves and mixture develops a syrup like consistency
- Cool mixture and when room temperature strain through a fine mesh strainer covered with a layer of cheese cloth.
If you don’t have cheese cloth, can strain through a fine mesh strainer. Ensure no to little seeds make it through to have a fine syrup.If the syrup consistency is too thick, add a little more water. If not thick enough, add a tsp or so more sugar and reduce on the stove until sugar dissolves and thickened.
The leftover berry mixture from the syrup can be re-frozen and is a great addition to a smoothie