Blackberry Sage Agua Fresca Sparkler ( Spiked with Elderflower Liquor and Linoncello)


Makes  1 small mason jar of mix

Ingredients

¼  cup blackberry puree
¼ cup blackberry sage syrup*
½ cup lemon juice
¼  cup limoncello
¼ cup elderflower liquor
Sparkling RoseLemony Sage Sugar*
Sage Leaf

Directions

Place all the ingredients except sparking rose and sugar in a blender and blend until smooth.  Strain and chill.  Place ½ ounce of the puree in a champagne flute and fill with sparkling rose.  Garnish with a blackberry rolled in the Lemony Sage Sugar in the glass and a floating sage leaf.

*Blackberry Sage Syrup- combine ½ cup sugar. ½ cup water, 3 blackberries smashed, 4 sage leaves, ripped,1 teaspoon  lemon zest.  Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Strain and chill.

*Lemony Sage Sugar- combine  1 tablespoon turbinado sugar, 2 teaspoons lemon zest and 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh sage and moisten with lemon bitters or lemon juice.  Mix well.