Blackberry Black Pepper Cocktail Food

PICKLED BLACKBERRY COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Combine the bourbon, pickled blackberry juice and lime juice in a pitcher. Chill until ready to serve. When that time comes, add the ginger beer.
• Fill highball glasses with ice and pour the cocktail over the top. Garnish with a few pickled blackberries. Enjoy!
• Combine the vinegar, tea, honey, sugar, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and ginger in a saucepan. Heat over medium until the sugar dissolves, about 3 minutes -- you don't want the mixture to get too hot or it will cook the berries.
• Fill two pint-size Mason jars with the blackberries. Pour the pickling liquid over the berries. Seal with a lid and refrigerate for at least 3 days and up to 2 weeks.

BLACKBERRY LEMONADE

Steps:

• Combine the sugar and 3/4 cup water in a small saucepan. Bring just to a simmer, stirring until the sugar dissolves, then turn off the heat and add the blackberries, lightly mashing them to break them up slightly and release their color. Stir in the lemon juice and steep 10 minutes or until cool. Add the vodka and 1 1/2 cups cold water. Pour into glasses over ice. Garnish with the lemon wheels.

CINNAMON CEREAL COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Place the milk and 2 cups of the cinnamon cereal in a pitcher or large liquid measuring cup. Let steep in the refrigerator for 1 hour, and then strain, pressing out the milk with a wooden spoon.
• Crush the remaining 1/2 cup cereal and place in a shallow dish. Place a little of the cereal milk in a second shallow dish. Coat the rims of 2 rocks glasses by first dipping in the milk and then in the cereal. Fill each glass with ice.
• Fill a shaker halfway with ice and add the cinnamon whiskey, rum cream liqueur and 6 ounces cereal milk. Shake vigorously and divide between the prepared glasses. Use the leftover milk for additional cocktails or serve it without the liquor as a mocktail.