Sinatra Smash Cocktail Recipe
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings 2 cocktails
Ingredients
- Sinatra Smash Cocktail
- 8 blackberries fresh
- mint leaves optional
- 2 1/2 ounces homemade sweet and sour recipe follows
- 2/3 ounce vanilla simple syrup recipe follows
- 1 1/2 ounce Creme de Cassis
- 4 ounces Gentleman Jack Whiskey
- Vanilla Simple Syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 vanilla bean*
- Sweet and Sour Mix
- 1/2 cup lemon juice fresh
- 1/4 cup simple syrup
Instructions
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Vanilla Simple Syrup
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Set a pot with 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar to boil. Cut vanilla bean in 1/2, long wise. Scrape the seeds from the bean and put the seeds plus the pod in the sugar water.
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Gently simmer the sugar vanilla water until all the sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and let cool.
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Homemade Sweet and Sour Mix
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Mix 1/2 cup lemon juice with 1/4 cup vanilla simple syrup. Keep refrigerated until ready to use. If you make extra, it will keep 3-4 days.
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Sinatra Smash Cocktail
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Muddle 6 blackberries and a mint leaf in the bottom of a cocktail shaker with the sweet and sour mix. Reserve 2 of the blackberries.
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Add the rest of the ingredients to the shaker, add ice and shake well. Strain over ice in 2 glasses.
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Garnish with blackberries and mint leaves.
Recipe Notes
*Vanilla bean - if you don't have a vanilla bean handy, substitute 2 teaspoons vanilla extract after the simple syrup has cooled. However, if you do have a vanilla bean, keep the outer husk and bury it in your sugar bag or canister for delicious vanilla sugar. Yum!
Make a larger batch of simple syrup and sweet and sour mix to have on hand. The both keep well for almost a week in the refrigerator!
Nutrition Facts
Sinatra Smash Cocktail Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 0
% Daily Value*
Monounsaturated Fat 0g
Potassium 0mg0%
Vitamin A 0IU0%
Vitamin C 0mg0%
Calcium 0mg0%
Iron 0mg0%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.