Blueberry Cosmo

If you are looking for a unique twist on the classic Cosmo cocktail, consider this version that incorporates some freshly-squeezed blueberry juice. Additional whole fresh blueberries are pickled in a sweet & acidic pickling liquid and served on toothpicks with some fresh mint as a garnish.

The recipe below is for two cocktails.

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Blueberry Cosmo

If you are looking for a unique twist on the classic Cosmo cocktail, consider this version that incorporates some freshly-squeezed blueberry juice. Additional whole fresh blueberries are pickled in a sweet & acidic pickling liquid and served on toothpicks with some fresh mint as a garnish.

The recipe below is for two cocktails.

Ingredients

• 2 martini glasses, (chilled in freezer)
• ½ cup fresh blueberries, for juicing, (plus 8 more for pickling later)
• ½ cup white granulated sugar
• 3/8 cup white wine vinegar
• ½ cup water
• 8 whole fresh blueberries, (for pickling)
• 3 oz Absolut Citron vodka
• 1.5 oz Cointreau
• 1.5 oz freshly-squeezed blueberry juice, ( made earlier)
• 1 oz cranberry juice
• Juice from 2 limes
• Ice, to chill drink
• 2 fresh mint leaves, (as garnish skewer component)
• Toothpicks, (for assembling garnish skewers)

Instructions 

• Chill two martini glasses in the freezer.
• Blend ½ cup fresh blueberries in a food processor and strain through a fine mesh strainer into a bowl.
• *If you still have solid particles in your pressed blueberry liquid, clean your strainer and strain the liquid a second or third time.
• Set the blueberry juice aside in the fridge to cool down for the cocktail assembly later.
• Combine the white granulated sugar, white wine vinegar, and water in a small pot on the stove.
• Heat while stirring until the sugar is dissolved, but before the mixture is simmering.
• Remove the pot from the heat and add the 8 remaining whole blueberries.
• Allow the whole blueberries to sit in the pickling liquid for roughly 30 minutes.
• When the blueberries have pickled for roughly 30 minutes, assemble the two toothpick skewers with blueberries and the fresh mint leaves and set aside.
• To make the cocktail, combine the Absolut Citron vodka with the Cointreau, freshly-squeezed blueberry juice, cranberry juice, and lime juice.
• Add components to a shaker filled with ice.
• Shake vigorously for 15 seconds to chill all the ingredients.
• Remove martini glasses from the freezer.
• Strain drink into chilled martini glasses.
• Garnish with the pickled blueberry & fresh mint skewers.
• Enjoy cold.

Notes

You can easily scale this recipe up to accommodate more guests.
If you prefer a sweeter version of this cocktail, add some additional blueberry juice.