Blackberry Smash

Name: Blackberry Smash
Ingredients: 4 blackberries; 9 mint leaves, plus 1 mint sprig dusted with confectioners' sugar for garnish; 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup; 1 1/2 ounces vodka, preferably mixed-grain, such as Van Gogh; 1/2 ounce blackberry liqueur; 1 ounce fresh lemon juice; Ice cubes, plus cracked ice for serving

7 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

4 blackberries
9 mint leaves, plus 1 mint sprig dusted with confectioners' sugar for garnish
1/2 ounce Simple Syrup
1 1/2 ounces vodka, preferably mixed-grain, such as Van Gogh
1/2 ounce blackberry liqueur
1 ounce fresh lemon juice
Ice cubes, plus cracked ice for serving

Directions

1

In a shaker, muddle 2 of the blackberries with the mint leaves and Simple Syrup.
2

Add the vodka, blackberry liqueur, lemon juice and ice cubes; shake well.
3

Fine strain into a chilled cracked-ice-filled rocks glass; garnish with 2 blackberries and the mint sprig.