Summer-Blink
Recipe by @as_you_drink · View original
Ingredients
For the cocktail
- 2 oz oz Blanco tequila
- 0.5 oz oz Elderflower liqueur
- 0.75 oz oz Fresh lime juice
- 0.25 oz oz Cherry vanilla syrup — homemade
- 3 dashes dash Ginger bitters
For the cherry vanilla syrup
- 150g g Fresh cherry — pitted
- 1 cup cup Water
- 1 cup cup Demerara sugar — or turbinado
- 1 tsp tsp Madagascar vanilla extract
- 1 whole Cherry (optional) — for garnish
- 1 slice Lime slice (optional) — for garnish
Steps
- 1
Pit and muddle roughly 150g of fresh cherries until broken down and juicy
- 2
Bring water and demerara sugar to a boil in a saucepan
⏱ 5 min - 3
Stir in muddled cherries and let simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes until flavors infuse
⏱ 10 min - 4
Remove from heat and double strain through a fine-mesh strainer and cheesecloth into a clean vessel. Let cool to room temperature (about 10 minutes)
⏱ 10 min - 5
Once cooled, stir in vanilla extract and double strain again into a bottle for storage
- 6
Add tequila, elderflower liqueur, fresh lime juice, cherry vanilla syrup, and ginger bitters to the chilled shaker tin filled with copious amounts of ice
- 7
Seal the shaker tin and shake vigorously for 10-12 seconds until the outside is frosty
- 8
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a fresh cherry and lime slice