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The Drinking Guide
Blackberry Ramble
The Raconteur and lemon over crushed ice, finished with a homemade blackberry-agave drizzle.
Ingredients
45 ml Sammy Piquant Raconteur
30 ml fresh lemon juice
10 ml Sammy Piquant agave, undiluted as supplied
15 ml blackberry-agave drizzle (see preparation)
Glassware: 300 ml rounded double old-fashioned glass
Ice: Cubed ice for shaking; crushed ice for serving
Garnish: Two fresh blackberries and one thin lemon half-wheel at the rim
Method
Preparation
Blackberry-agave drizzle: combine 60 ml seedless unsweetened blackberry puree, 15 ml Sammy agave and 10 ml fresh lemon juice. Stir smooth, refrigerate and use the same day. Measure 15 ml into each cocktail; keep the remaining preparation for additional serves.
Make the cocktail
1. Fill the serving glass with crushed ice. Shake Raconteur, lemon and the 10 ml agave with cubed ice for 8 seconds.
2. Strain over the crushed ice and add a small fresh mound of ice.
3. Slowly spoon the 15 ml blackberry drizzle across the top so purple trails run down through the drink. Add the garnish.
