Blackberry Martini
A berry and sweet gin cocktail ∙ Muddle; Shake ∙ 4 min ∙ 22.2% ABV ∙
The Blackberry Martini is a shaken drink of muddled fresh blackberries, London dry gin, bianco vermouth, and a little sugar syrup, served up in a coupe.
Ingredients
1
Servings
Garnish
Instructions for 1 serving
- Pre-chill a glass
- In the base of the shaker, muddle: Fresh blackberries 3 pcs
- Add the remaining ingredients: London dry gin 60 mlBianco vermouth 20 mlSugar syrup 5 ml
- Shake with ice
- Fine strain into the chilled glass
- Garnish with a blackberry
Tips
- Muddle the blackberries alone before the gin and vermouth go in; press out the juice, but don't pulverize the skins or the drink turns bitter.
History
The Blackberry Martini belongs to the Fruit Martini, or "Fruitini," family of Neo-Martinis that emerged from London's bar scene in the 1990s, the same family as the Citrus Martini. Bartenders such as Ben Reed pioneered a style called the fresh fruit Martini, muddling fresh and often exotic fruit into vodka-based drinks rather than using it merely as garnish, a technique closely associated with London's fashionable Met Bar.
The Blackberry Martini follows that fresh-fruit format with muddled blackberries, though it is built on London dry gin and bianco vermouth rather than vodka.
