Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- Coarse sugar, (for glass rim)
- 5 blackberries, (plus more for garnish)
- 1/2 Tbsp diced jalapeño, (plus slices for garnish)
- 2 oz. vodka
- 1 oz mint simple syrup ((recipe below))
- 1/2 oz. freshly squeezed lime juice, (plus wedge for glass rim)
- 3/4 cup crushed ice
- Soda water, (for topping)
- Fresh mint, (for garnish)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 12 mint leaves
Instruction
- Place sugar on a small plate and run a lime wedge around the rim of your cocktail glass. Place glass upside-down on plate to coat rim in sugar.
- Put blackberries and diced jalapeño in a shaker and muddle as much as possible (extract as much juice as possible from blackberries and break down jalapeños)
- Add vodka, simple syrup, and lime juice to the shaker along with crushed ice and shake well.
- Pour cocktail into prepared glass (do not strain) and top off with a little bit of soda water. Garnish with blackberries, sliced jalapeño, and mint if desired.
