Ancient Merlin Illustration circa 1300

I’ve just conjured up an alcoholic cocktail and named this “Merlin’s Jin“.

Here is how to prepare my newly created cocktail:

Muddle the juice from five Merlot grapes along with seven crushed spinach leaves into the base of a shaker, add a triple shot (3x35ml’s) of London Dry Gin (a double is acceptable at 88ml’s total (if US 44ml shots).

Now add a large sprig of mint (crushed), muddle one ripe fig into the shaker.  Shake and fine strain onto three ice cubes into your cocktail glass.

Garnish with one spinach leaf and one mint leaf made to float centrally on top of your cocktail into a sort of mathematical Plus+ sign formation.  Pull the mint leaf through a split created in the middle longitudinally along the midvein of the spinach leaf to accomplish this.

Enjoy.

Cocktail Recipe requires:

5 x Merlot grapes
7 x Spinach leaves (crushed)
3 x London Dry Gin shots (35ml UK shot measure)
1 x Large sprig of mint (crushed)
1 x Ripe fig (muddled)
3 x  Ice cubes
1 x Cocktail shaker
1 x whole Spinach leaf (to garnish)
1 x whole Mint leaf (to garnish)
1 x Cocktail glass per serving
One Tablespoon to roll and crush the leaves

Matt The Unfathomable Artist – Copyright © 1st December 2015

N.B. If you’re underage to drink alcohol; not permitted to drink alcohol due to your beliefs or for personal reasons you choose not to drink alcohol then please click the following blog link for a non-alcoholic ai-na fruit smoothie drink called the “StrAwBaBy PaWS Fruit Smoothie” here:

https://theunfathomableartist.wordpress.com/2016/01/12/ai-na/