Recipes
veg
Blackberry Drink
By Bhumika Varshney
⏳ Prep Time: 110 minute
26 Jun 2021
Nutritional Overview
Calories
78 kcal
Protein
10 gm
Carbs
5 gm
Fats
2 gm
Ingredients
0.5 litre water •0.25 litre apple cider or white grape juice •0.05litre limejuice make solution first 500 grams blackberries 100 grams caster sugar 2 vanilla pods optional
Instructions Rinse and drain the blackberries to remove any bugs. Take a steralised jar and add the blackberries, sugar, one vanilla pod and the seeds from the second vanilla pod. Top up the jar with the vanilla. Seal the lid and gently shake to dissolve the sugar. Put in a cool dark cupboard. Shake daily until the sugar is all dissolved. This will take about a week. After 12 weeks strain through a sieve and damp muslin and decant into a pretty bottle. It's important to remove the blackberries at this point or the woody centres will give the vodka a bitter taste.
Method
Step 1
Take a sterilised, airtight Kilmer jar or wide-necked bottle large enough to hold all your ingredients. Add the blackberries, sugar, vanilla pods and seeds and pour in the solution. Yes, it’s that easy! Give the jar a good shake to help dissolve the sugar and place in a cool, dark cupboard. Swirl the jar every day for the first week and then occasionally until none of the sugar is visible at the bottom of the jar. Forget about it for weeks… After weeks strain the liquid. Rinse a muslin cloth and wring it out tightly to stop any of the precious liquid soaking into it. Place the muslin over a sieve and strain the blackberry infused solution through it into a wide jug. It’s important to remove the blackberries at this point otherwise the woody centre of the berry gives the drink a bitter taste. Funnel the liquid into the bottle of your choice – I save any unusual bottles to make it look even more special! You can drink now or, if you have cast-iron willpower, leave the warm blackberry flavours to infuse even more. When the time comes to drink your bramble put your bottle in the freezer for a few hours so it’s served thick as oil and ice cold. A couple of hours before you serve rinse the shot glasses in water and put them in the freezer too, so they come out frosty. That is how to treat a blackberry drink. I’ve tried this and it works a treat.
Step 2
Let me know how you get on with my blackberry drink 🍷
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