REDCURRANT AND BLACKBERRY SMASH

This can be prepared before your guests arrive. Serve in highball glasses. If you need to make a larger batch, simply up the quantities.

Serves 2

4 blackberries
2 tbsp redcurrant jelly
4 tsp caster sugar
30ml fresh lemon juice
80ml Bombay Sapphire gin
30ml Chambord raspberry liqueur Redcurrant twigs, blackberries and caster sugar, to serve

Crush together the blackberries, redcurrant jelly, caster sugar and lemon juice, using a muddle, or a pestle and a heavy glass. Next, add the gin and Chambord and mix.

To serve, fill the glasses to three-quarters with crushed ice, then pour in the cocktail mix. Top with more crushed ice and garnish with a twig of redcurrants and a halved blackberry and a dusting of sugar.

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