Blackberry Julep - cooking recipe

Ingredients

MARINATED BERRIES
1 1 pint blueberries or 1 pint strawberry
2 teaspoons brandy
4 teaspoons Cointreau liqueur
2 tablespoons sugar
COCKTAIL
1 1/2 fluid ounces marie brizard blackberry liqueur
3/4 fluid ounce fresh lemon juice
3/4 fluid ounce simple syrup (see Sharlene~W's Simple Syrup)
1 fluid ounce water

Preparation

Marinate berries in brandy through sugar 3 hours.
Combine blackberry liqueur through water in a cocktail shaker and shake with ice.
Strain into a highball glass 3/4 filled with crushed ice.
Garnish with 1 heaping Tbs marinated mixed berries and serve with a straw.
Use leftover berries to make more drinks or serve over ice cream, pudding, pound cake, etc.