Ingredients
1
tablespoon sugar
1
tablespoon water
10
blackberries
Juice of 1 lemon
2
tablespoons gin or blackberry-flavored vodka, if desired
4
fresh basil leaves
Ice
1
cup club soda (8 oz)
Preparation
In cocktail shaker, place sugar and water; stir until sugar is dissolved.
Cut 8 of the blackberries into quarters; add to shaker. Add lemon juice, gin and 2 of the basil leaves. Fill shaker with ice. Cover tightly with shaker lid; shake vigorously.
Strain mixture into 2 cocktail glasses filled with ice. Top each glass with 1/2 cup club soda. Garnish each with 1 whole blackberry and 1 basil leaf. Serve immediately.
