Blueberry, Basil, Lemon and Lavender Mocktail

Blueberry, Basil, Lemon and Lavender Mocktail

Recipe by Sweet Savor Sour

Serves: 4

Prep Time: 14 minutes

Ingredients

*Ingredients currently available at the Saratoga Farmers’ Market

For the Mocktail: 

• 1 pint blueberries (squished)*
• 1 cup basil chopped* 
• 1/2 cup lemon juice, about 2 freshly-squeezed lemons
• 3/4 cup lavender simply syrup (recipe below)
• 1 1/2 cups soda water (any unflavored carbonated beverage will work)

For the Lavender Simple Syrup: 

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup lavender buds*

Method

1. In a medium-sized pitcher add in the blueberries, chopped basil, and lemon juice. 
2. Swish or muddle all the berries and basil together until they release their flavor and juices.
3. Add in about 2 cups of ice and the lavender simple syrup, and then, the soda water.  Stir thoroughly. 
4. Pour. Garnish and blueberries, lemon, and basil, and enjoy.

Lavender Simple Syrup:

1. Add 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water to a small heavy bottomed saucepan.  Turn on medium heat.  Stir 3-4 times, then add the lavender buds. 
2. Let it heat until the sugar dissolves.  Then turn off the heat and allow the lavender to steep and cool in the syrup until you are ready to use. 
3. Use a funnel and a fine mesh strainer to get all the lavender buds out of the syrup.

Lavender simple syrup can be used for drinks, pancakes, cake making, in your tea or coffee.

Spice things up by adding gin or vodka from your favorite local distillery.  Yankee distillers, Springbrook Hollow Farm Distillery, Albany Distilling Company and Old Tavern Farm have exactly what you need.

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