Cocktail Recipe: Fourth Of July Gin And St-Germain Flag Cocktail
Prep Time:
1 hour
Cook Time:
10 minutes
Servings:
1 cocktail
Ingredients
  • ½ cup blueberries
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • ½ cup strawberries
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 egg white
  • 1½ ounces aromatic gin
  • ¼ ounce St-Germain
  • ½ ounce raw simple syrup (1 part raw sugar to 1 part water, boiled until the sugar dissolves)
  • ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice
  • 1 eyedropper blueberry purée
  • 2 eyedroppers strawberry purée
Directions
  1. Make the blueberry purée: In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the blueberries, sugar and water, and cook until the blueberries begin to burst, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer the blueberries to a blender and purée until smooth.
  2. While the blueberries are cooking, make the strawberry purée: In a blender, blend together the strawberries and sugar.
  3. Transfer both purées to separate containers; cover and chill in the fridge for at least 1 hour before using.
  4. Make the cocktail: In a cocktail shaker, shake the egg white vigorously until the it's foamy. Add the gin, St-Germain, simple syrup and lemon juice. Fill the shaker with ice and shake vigorously until the cocktail shaker is frosty. Strain into a coupe glass. Using an eyedropper, decorate the top of the cocktail with the purées in the pattern of an American flag. Serve.