The Social Butterfly (a butterfly pea flower cocktail)
This delicious color-changing cocktail is made with butterfly pea flower syrup, which turns from blue to violet. Combined with elderflower liqueur and lemon, this is the perfect summer cocktail (though it would be delicious any time of year).
Servings: 1 cocktail
Ingredients
Butterfly Pea Flower Simple Syrup:
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup loosely packed fresh or dried butterfly pea flowers about 7g, or 4 tea bags
Cocktail:
- 2 oz dry gin or vodka
- 3/4 oz Elderflower Liqueur like St-Germain
- 1/2 oz butterfly pea flower simple syrup
- 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
- 3 to 4 dashes grapefruit or lemon bitters or any bitters will work
- Top with a splash of sparkling water or Prosecco
- Optional Spritz with atomized absinthe
Garnish:
- Lemon twist
- Elderflower blossom
Instructions
To make the syrup
- Add water, sugar and butterfly pea flowers to a small saucepan set over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil and lower the heat to a simmer. Simmer for 5 minutes, turn off the heat and allow the liquid to cool before straining into a clean jar with an airtight lid. Keep refrigerated until ready to use. Will keep for several weeks in the refrigerator.
For the cocktail
- Add all the ingredients except for the Prosecco to a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake vigorously for 20 seconds and double strain into a stemmed cocktail glass. Top with a splash of Prosecco or sparkling water, and spritz with absinthe, if desired.
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