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Blackberry Limeade
Ingredients:
    
4 cups fresh blackberries, or unsweetened frozen blackberries, thawed, plus extra for garnish
 
1 cup turbinado sugar, natural cane sugar, or grated palm sugar
    
1 kaffir lime leaf, crushed
 
1 tablespoon grated lime zest
    
1 green cardamom pod, lightly crushed
 
1/2 cup fresh Key lime juice (about 8 -12 limes)
    
Thin lime slices, for garnish
 
2 cups ginger ale (or sparkling water)
    
Ice cubes
 
1 cup vodka or gin (optional)
Preparation:
Lay a doubled piece of cheesecloth on a nonporous work area. (As the berries will stain a wide array of cutting surfaces and clothes, this may be best done outside or over newspaper and wearing an apron or smock.) Place the blackberries on top of the cheesecloth and gather into a bundle like a hobo sack. Hold the sack of berries over a glass, stainless steel, plastic, or ceramic bowl. Twist the top of the sack to squeeze the juice from the berries into the receptacle. (This will yield about 1 cup very strong, tart, dark juice.) Refrigerate the juice until needed; discard the purple mash.
In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, 1 cup water, the lime leaf, and the cardamom pod. bring to a boil. Simmer over low heat for 10 minutes, or until the mixture is reduced to a thin syrup. Remove the lime leaf and cardamom. Allow the sugar syrup to cool and then chill it.
In a 1-quart pitcher, combine the blackberry juice, sugar syrup, and lime juice. Stir to combine and then refrigerate until cold.
To serve, stir the ginger ale (or water) into the pitcher, fill glasses with ice, and pour in the blackberry limeade. Garnish with slices of lime.
Serves 8.
Categories: 
Appetizer, Drinks
Estimated Serving: 
8
Estimated preparation time: 
35 min.
Language: 
English
Shared by: 
Jilly 2010/01/21
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