Moving to Seattle has changed my definition of 'Summers'. Seattle is a different kind of beauty altogether. And today was one of those magnificent picture postcard days when the city decided to shed its garb of grey clouds and paint the town in ravishing pink and mauve colors.
Such an evening calls for a lazy dinner with a mocktail in hand watching the sun go down. Time to shake up a mocktail and enjoy this picturesque scene from our balcony.
Ingredients:
Blueberries, 1 cup
Sugar, 1 cup
Water, 1 cup
Lots of ice, crushed
Lemon, 1 juiced
Procedure:
1. Clean and wash the berries thoroughly. Take a pan and put in the berries with 1 cup of water and sugar and bring to a boil. Simmer for another 15-20 minutes.
2. Turn off the heat and let it cool. Once cool, strain using a fine sieve. Ditch the solids and keep the liquid aside. I prepared this in advance and refrigerated it, comes really handy when you have friends over.
3. Crush the ice, I used a blender to do this.
4. Take tall glasses to serve this mocktail. Fill them up with the crushed ice.
5. Add in 2 tablespoons of the berry syrup. Make sure not to stir this mocktail at any stage. We want it to have 3 different shades.
6. Next add in 2 tablespoons of lime/lemon juice on top of the berry syrup.
7. Next add in cold water to the glasses. You will observe the we have formed three different layers, with the base layer being dark red and it gets light towards the top. The mocktail is ready.
8. Now to dress up the mocktail I used a toothpick and speared 3 blueberries through the toothpick and arranged it diagonally on the top of the glass.
9. Our mocktail is ready to be devoured!
Note: Enjoy the varied flavors of this mocktail as you go through its different layers! My guests especially enjoyed the bottom layer most.
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