Gin, elderflower liqueur, blueberries and lime juice make a pretty and refreshing cocktail in this Blueberry Elderflower Martini. Post may contain affiliate links.
My husband went out of town for a few days and I was left to fend for myself. One of his tasks is our Friday and Saturday night cocktails. With him gone, I could either forego the cocktails or step up to the plate for myself. I had some blueberries in the fridge because they had a great sale on them at Earthfare. My liquor of choice is gin, so I went searching for recipes featuring blueberries and gin. My only other requirement was that it be easy. I found this Freeberry Cocktail at The Kitchn. Oh, it sounded perfect! Gin, blueberries lime juice and one of my favorite liqueurs – Elderflower Liqueur. I’ve used Elderflower Liqueur in a lot of cocktails, if you love it to, you might like: Chamomile Pear Elderflower Martini and/or Apple Elderflower Martini.
It was so easy and so refreshing! I used the ingredients as written, but I changed up the instructions a bit. The original instructions call for you to add everything and ice to a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously to break up the blueberries. I must have tough blueberries because no matter how vigorously I shook it, they didn’t break up enough. So for the second cocktail, I muddled the blueberries with the gin, added the rest of the ingredients, shook and strained it. It was perfect!
This would be great with some cute martini glasses: Z-Stem Martini Glasses or Stemless Martini Glasses.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 ounces gin
- 1 ounce St. Germain's Elderflower Liqueur
- 4-5 blueberries
- juice from 1/2 lime
Instructions
- Place gin and blueberries in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Muddle the blueberries and the gin. Add the rest of the ingredients and fill the shaker half way with ice. Shake for 15-20 seconds. Strain into a martini glass - a fine mesh strainer gets rid of the blueberry pieces.
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I like a good cocktail! Haven’t been out to a bar in a while nor have I ever made any cocktails but this would certainly seem like a good choice!
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Pam, I can’t wait to give this delicious cocktail a try! I love St Germaine, and I love Blueberries! It looks so elegant and tasty. Scheduled to pin and share on our Hearth and Soul Facebook page. Thank you so much for your support of Hearth and Soul!
I’ve had the pleasure of having Elderflower once and it was amazing! Looking forward to trying this one.