Bramble Gin Cocktail – MJ’s Hot Bramble
With the help of mixologist Vanessa Jay, I’ve crafted up a recipe you can follow to create MJ’s Hot Bramble. The Bramble gin cocktail was created by Dick Bradsell in 1980s London. Best described as a spring cocktail, the Bramble brings together dry gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup and usually crème de mûre, served over crushed ice. Bradsell also suggests finishing off the cocktail with some fresh red fruits (such as blackberries, cranberries) and a slice of lemon. Although this drink is normally one to make when the hedgerows are groaning with ripe fruit in spring and summer, we have decided to make this iconic gin cocktail also suitable for autumnal days and winter nights by creating the MJ’s Hot Bramble.
Ingredients:
50ml Marie Jeanne
15ml sloe gin
15ml cranberry juice
15ml lime juice
Strawberry jam muddled with blackberries
Method:
1. Add 1 teaspoon of strawberry jam and 4 blackberries into a mixing glass.
2. Add 40ml hot water and the 15ml sloe gin and proceed to muddle until the colour is consistent.
3. Add remaining ingredients: gin, cranberry and lime juice while stirring vigorously. Top with hot water (I used 50ml due to my glassware size).
4. Using a brush add a local Lincolnshire honey lick to the side of the glass then crack some pink peppercorns to paint on for garnish art.
5. Double strain the mixing glass contents into your garnished glass and enjoy!
Garnish: Cracked pink peppercorns & a wedge of lemon.