Hawksworth'S Blue Lavender Recipe

• :
• 1 cup fresh lavender, stems removed
• 1 quart water
• 4 cups raw sugar
• :
• 2 ounces blueberry juice, such as Bremner's
• 1/2 ounce lavender syrup
• 1/2 ounce fresh juice from 1 lemon
• Sparkling water
• Garnish: 3 fresh blueberries, lavender sprig

1. : Combine lavender flowers and the water in a medium sized pot and bring to a boil. Simmer at medium heat for 15 minutes.
2. Strain through fine mesh strainer set in medium saucepan and add raw sugar to the liquid. Bring to a gentle boil and stir until dissolved, about 1 minute. Strain mixture through a sieve lined with cheesecloth folded over four times. Store in the fridge in a sealed container until ready to use (up to 1 week)
3. : Fill a Collins glass with cracked ice. Layer in the blueberry juice, lavender syrup, and lemon juice in order. Top the glass with sparkling water. Garnish with whole blueberries and a lavender sprig. Serve with a straw.

fresh lavender, water, sugar, blueberry juice, lavender syrup, fresh juice from, sparkling water, blueberries

Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/06/booze-free-cocktail-blue-lavender-hawksworth-recipe.html (may not work)