Bourbon Blueberry Breakfast Cocktail
A vibrant morning drink combining bourbon and amaro montenegro with fresh lemon juice and blueberry preserves, shaken with ice and strained into a chilled glass. The preserve adds body and subtle fruit flavor while aromatic bitters round out the blend. Designed as a sophisticated companion to blueberry pancakes.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ fluid ounce bourbon
- ½ fluid ounce amaro montenegroother amaro1:1bitterherbal
similar complexity and bitterness
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 2 teaspoon blueberry preservesblackberry jam1:1fruitsweet
darker color and flavor shift
- 2 dash The Bitter Truth Old Time Aromatic Bitters
- ice
Instructions
- 1
Vigorously shake bourbon, amaro montenegro, lemon juice, blueberry preserves, and aromatic bitters with ice until the preserve is well combined
- 2
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass
- 3
Serve with blueberry pancakes
Tips
Chill the cocktail glass before straining to maintain temperature
Shake vigorously to fully incorporate the preserves and create proper emulsification
Good to Know
Immediately in a chilled cocktail glass with blueberry pancakes
Common Mistakes
Under-shake to avoid preserves settling unevenly in glass
Use warm glass to avoid temperature shock and potential cloudiness
Substitutions
similar complexity and bitterness
darker color and flavor shift