Blackberry Holy Basil Rose Summer Sparkler


Ingredients

½ cup blackberries
½ cup water
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon lemon zest
3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons holy basil laves
¼ cup elderflower liquor
Sparkling Rose
Lemony Basil Sugar*

Directions

Make a simple syrup but thicker like a puree syrup with the blackberries water and honey, let cool.  Blend with fresh basil, lemon juice and zest, strain and chill.  In a champagne flute add ½ ounce elderflower liquor and ½ ounce blackberry stuff, fill with a dry sprakling rose. Garnish with a fresh blackberry rolled in the sugar

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