Blackwood's gin spring

Blackwood's gin spring

A great herby cocktail for when spring is in the air

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 1

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 5 minutes

Method

  1. Muddle the green grapes in a shaker. Add the gin, a couple of sprigs of dill, the lemon juice, violette and a dash of egg white. Shake for 10 seconds then fill the shaker with ice and shake again.
  2. Strain into a coupette or martini glass and serve with three green grapes threaded on to a cocktail stick.

Recipe from olive magazine, April 2009.

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  • 12 July 2009

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious, we used ordinary gin and violet syrup. The colour was a little grey, which is slightly unappealling until we decided it was silver which is much more glam!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 1

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 12 fresh green grapes , plus extra to serve
  • 50ml Blackwood's 2007 vintage gin
  • a couple sprigs dill
  • 20ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 5ml violette liqueur (available from drinkon.com)
  • a dash egg white
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