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How to make an autumnal wild berry cocktail
Ingredients
For the cocktail
- Sloe, damson, hawthorn or rosehip gin or blackberry syrup
- Your favourite white wine
- A good tonic water
- A few fresh berries
For the blackberry syrup
- 350g Frozen blackberries
- 200g Golden caster sugar
- A splash of water
Method
To make the blackberry syrup
- STEP 1
To make a simple blackberry syrup, simmer the frozen blackberries with a good splash of water and the golden caster sugar until the fruit just breaks down and the juice is released. Don’t allow it to become thick and jammy.
Making blackberry syrup. © Emma Mitchell - STEP 2
Strain the syrup through a sieve into a sterilized bottle and keep it in the fridge – you can save the pulp and eat it with your breakfast cereal.
Keep the pulp to eat with breakfast, or ice cream! © Mint Images/Getty
Berry cocktail
- STEP 1
Make your Berry Cocktail using the following ratios: 1 part fruit gin or blackberry syrup, 2 parts wine, 2 parts tonic water.
You can use sloe gin in your berry cocktail. © Joff Lee/Getty - STEP 2
Add a few fresh berries to your glass for decoration, if you like.
You can add fresh berries to your drink for decoration. © Fiona McAllister Photography/Getty - STEP 3
Snuggle down and toast Mary Berry and the summer that was.
The Berry Cocktail. © Emma Mitchell
