Sauce and Shake
The culinary and libatious adventures of a cook and a bartender who like to make their individual offerings as complementary as they are to each other.
Gingerberry
Blueberries make wonderful additions to cocktails, especially ones with rum. In this particular recipe, feel free to use fresh or frozen depending on the season, availability or whatever you have in your house at the time.
Ingredients
Equipment: muddler, shaker, strainer, old fashioned glass
8-12 blueberries plus 2-4 for garnish
1 tablespoon demerara sugar
¾ oz fresh lemon juice
2 oz Zaya rum or similar
Ginger ale to top
Instructions
Combine blueberries and sugar in shaker tin. Muddle gently until berry skins are all broken and sugar begins to dissolve. Add rum and lemon juice and top with ice. Shake for 15 seconds and strain into old fashioned glass over fresh ice. Top with ginger ale and garnish with blueberries. Cheers!
