Rujero Spiced Berry

Ingredients:

• 40 ml of Rujero Colección Privada
• 20 ml of fresh lemon juice
• 20 ml of blueberry syrup flavored with spices (see recipe below)

Preparation

Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker
Add ice
Close tightly and shake it until cold and foamy (about 5 seconds)
Strain and serve with ice

Recipe for blueberry syrup flavored with spices

Ingredients:

• ½ cup fresh or frozen blueberries
• 1 orange, peeled and the whitish part removed
• 1 orange juice
• 2 cups of sugar
• 4 cinnamon sticks
• 10 whole cloves
• 10 whole juniper berries
• ¼ teaspoon of freshly ground nutmeg
• Pinch of salt
• 1 + ¼ cups of filtered or spring water

Preparation

Toast the spices in a large pot, on a medium size burner, without the nutmeg.
Turn them constantly until they are hot and you feel their fragrant aroma.
Add the remaining ingredients and stir.
Lower the temperature before the mixture reaches almost to the boiling point.
Stir occasionally as the mixture begins to cook over low heat.
Cook the mixture for about 10 minutes or until the berries begin to burst.
Remove the pot and cool for 10 minutes.
Strain and discard the solids.
Refrigerate the liquid.
It keeps fresh for at least a week