This Blueberry Lime Martini Cocktail is elegant, luscious, light, refreshing, and delicately sweet – perfect summer cocktail!
My New Obsession
Hello everyone – cheers! Oh I mean, happy Friday! Are you excited about this weekend? Shall we celebrate with something tasty? How about this Blueberry Lime Martini Cocktail?
Indeed, I am having a new obsession this summer – cocktail ideas. So far I have shared already two ideas: this Lilac Martini Vermouth Cocktail and then Raspberry Lilac Martini Cocktail. Besides this new blueberry cocktail, I will have at least 5 other ideas to share with you. That’s as of today. Most likely, I will have even more ideas (Because summer just started haha.) I hope you won’t mind!
Blueberry Lime Martini Cocktail
In the meantime, let’s enjoy this lovely Blueberry Lime Martini Cocktail. As you can see, it’s very simple yet flavourful. Fresh blueberries can sometimes taste bland and boring in recipes, but that’s not the case here. Maple syrup adds some sweetness (Honey or even simple syrup will work too) while lime juice adds the freshness.
As always, the proportions are not written in stone, so feel free to adjust this cocktail to your liking. Personally, I am not a huge fan of hard liquors and cocktail combination – I prefer sweet, barely boozy, almost a dessert-like drinks. Also, we rarely have more than two types of liquors at a time. Most often, one. But you can definitely mix different spirits (You can find guidelines on mixing them on the Internet). For instance, a little splash of gin won’t hurt here!
Dessert Cocktail
You can also easily adjust the ratio of maple syrup and lime juice to martini vermouth, depending on how zesty or sweet you want this cocktail. You can even skip the maple syrup, if your berries are sweet enough. This version, as noted earlier, is light and sweet, but my husband added an extra splash (a very generous splash!) of martini to his glass. No biggie! Mix, shake, try, and adjust :)
I hope you like this Blueberry Lime Martini Cocktail, and you will it a try soon! If you make it, let me know in this post or send me an Instagram message or share you photos adding the hashtag #havocinthekitchen.
Cheers to Friday and the weekend!
Blueberry Lime Martini Cocktail
Course: Drinks2
servings5
minutes5
minutesThis Blueberry Lime Martini Cocktail is elegant, luscious, light, refreshing, and delicately sweet – perfect summer cocktail!
Ingredients
1/4 cup fresh blueberries (Can substitute blackberries or raspberries)
juice of 1/2 lime or to taste
1 tbsp. maple syrup or to taste
3-4 oz. extra dry martini vermouth
1/2 cup ice, crushed
mint, lime, and extra blueberries, for garnish
Directions
- Combine the blueberries, lime juice, and maple syrup and process until pureed using a blender or immersion blender. Try and adjust the sweetness or tartness.
- In a shaker, combine the blueberry pure (See notes), dry martini vermouth, and ice. Shake about 30 seconds to combine. Try and adjust to your liking by adding more of martini or lime, if needed.
- Serve immediately, garnished if desired with few blueberries, mint, and lime slices. Enjoy!
Notes
- This ratio yields in a light, sweet, almost a dessert-like cocktail. You can mix 1/2 of the blueberry pure with other ingredients first, and then add the remaining, if desired. You can also add a splash of another hard liquor like gin, for a stronger version.
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It looks pretty. I like the presentation of the cocktail.
I’m a fan of blueberry pie in the summer and this has flavors that remind me of that…I look forward to trying your cocktail.
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Thank you very much Karen – I hope you like it.
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Omgoodness! I need this and it’s the beginning of the week! It looks out of this world yummy Ben!!
Oh yeah, I want this too, and it’s the beginning the week and the beginning of the day haha!
Ben | Havocinthekitchen recently posted…Crepes with Rose Jam
ooh looks glorious and sounds delicious!
Thank you Sherry!
I have everything I need to make one of these which means it needs to happen soon! This martini looks fabulous! Blueberry lime, perfect!
Thank you Katherine!
Ben | Havocinthekitchen recently posted…Crepes with Rose Jam
I can just taste how delicious this Martini is through the screen, love the flavor profile!! Absolutely gorgeous as well!
Thank you Catherine!
Ben | Havocinthekitchen recently posted…Crepes with Rose Jam
Cheers to a great weekend. I would ditch the maple syrup and increase the line as I am not a fan of too sweet drinks.
Thank you Tandy!
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What a fun summer cocktail! I really like the use of maple syrup as a sweetener here, Ben…that would provide a fun depth of flavor. It’s Friday – let’s celebrate with a cocktail! See ya at 5:00! :-)
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Yeah I learned from you few years ago to add maple syrup to lemonade, tea, and other drinks. So thanks teacher haha!
Ben | Havocinthekitchen recently posted…Crepes with Rose Jam
This comes just in time as it’s officially FRIDAY here…and I am ready for the weekend :-)) As always, stunning presentation, Ben.
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Thank you very munch!