Berry Ginger Cocktail

By vealam

Ingredients

• Lemon Ginger Syrup:
• 4 ounces peeled, chopped fresh ginger
• 1/4-1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1/4-1/3 cup agave nectar
• Cocktail:
• 3 strawberries (fresh or thawed frozen berries)
• 2 oz. tequila
• 2 oz. lemon ginger syrup
• glug of soda water
• ice and super thin lemon slices for serving

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from sproutedkitchen.com

Preparation

Step 1

Lemon Ginger Syrup:
Blitz the ginger in a food processor to form a coarse paste. Put it in a saucepan along with 3 cups of water and simmer for 30-40 minutes until reduced by half. Allow the mixture to cool slightly and strain it into a container. Stir in the lemon juice and agave nectar (I used roughly 1/3 cup lemon juice and 1/4 cup agave. Adjust to your taste). This will make more syrup than you need but can be stored, covered in the fridge for two weeks.

Cocktail Assembly:
In your glass, cut up the berries and muddle them in the bottom of the glass. Fill it up with ice. Add the tequila, ginger syrup and a splash of soda water. Give it a stir, taste and add more of whichever you fancy.

Garnish with lemon slices and drink. I suppose you could make a pitcher of this for a party or shower just multiply each ingredients by about eight.