Blackberry Martini
By: Sheri Wetherell
Published: Monday, November 30, 2009 - 3:19pm

Ingredients




1/2 pound blackberries
1 cup water
cup sugar
1 part chilled blackberry sauce
1 part vodka
Ice

Preparation

1 To make the blackberry sauce, heat the blackberries, water and sugar in a saucepan on medium-high heat. 2 Mash the berries with a wooden spoon to release all the juices. Stir until all the sugar has dissolved (about 10-15 minutes). 3 Strain liquid through a fine sieve to remove the seeds, then chill well. 4 To make the martini, put blackberry sauce and vodka into a shaker with ice and shake well. 5 Strain into a martini glass.