This Butterfly Pea Flower Gin Mule cocktail is exciting and tasty if you are looking for a drink that will impress. It’s color changing effects from the butterfly pea flower, lime, and ginger beer make it beautiful to serve. It perfectly infuses in gin within just 2 hours. I love making mules with gin in the winter time because gin has such a “holiday” taste from the juniper berries its made with.

BUTTERFLY PEA FLOWER GIN MULE

Cheers Folks! I wanted to share with you this cocktail because it is so fun to make. Butterfly pea flowers not only look good, but are good for you. They are filled with antioxidants, so I decided to take advantage of that by infusing the gin used in this cocktail with it. Then this is where the fun comes in…when acid is added to this this ingredient, it goes from blue to purple in color. Using it in a mule cocktail I figured would work great due to it already having lime juice (an acid) in it. Then to make it even prettier, you can add Flower Ice Cubes for garnish. This recipe is easy, so tasty, and great if you are looking for presentation. We drink with our eyes first!

INGREDIENTS FOR BUTTERFLY PEA GIN MULE:

1.5 oz gin
1 tbsp butterfly pea flowers (dried, whole)
1 lime
8 oz ginger beer
Flower ice cubes

HELPFUL KITCHEN TOOLS FOR BUTTERFLY PEA GIN MULE

Mason jars or Mule cocktail cups
shot glass
ice cube tray
cocktail stirrers
reusable straw

I love this cocktail because of how easy and beautiful it is! It is a great crowd-pleaser if you are ever hosting a cocktail/dinner party. If you plan on making flower ice cubes, all you need to do is buy edible flowers and use our recipe Flower Ice Cubes. These ice cubes can be used for any cold drink so make a bunch and leave them in your freezer. Enjoy folks!

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Butterfly Pea Flower Gin Mule

Name: Butterfly Pea Flower Gin Mule
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 2 h 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Amerian
Ingredients: 1.5 oz gin; 1 tbsp butterfly pea flowers (dried, whole); 1 lime; 8 oz ginger beer; Flower ice cubes

Yield: 1 drink

Cook Time: 3 minutes

Additional Time: 2 hours

Total Time: 2 hours 3 minutes

This cocktail is exciting and tasty if you are looking for a drink that will impress. It's color changing effects from the butterfly pea flower, lime, and ginger beer make it beautiful to serve. It perfectly infuses in gin within just 2 hours. I love making mules with gin in the winter time because gin has such a "holiday" taste from the juniper berries its made with.

Ingredients

1.5 oz gin
1 tbsp butterfly pea flowers (dried, whole)
1 lime
8 oz ginger beer
Flower ice cubes

Instructions

1. Infuse gin with butterfly pea flowers by letting the flowers soak in gin for about 2 hours. The gin will turn a dark blue color once it is ready. Remove the flower once desired color is accomplished.

2. To mix put 1 shot glass full (1.5oz) of gin into a mason jar or cup of choice, add lime juice, and ginger beer

3. Stir and taste!

4. Add ice or flower ice cubes to keep chilled. For flower ice cube recipe to make in advanced use our recipe here.

Notes

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 1 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 249Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 20mgCarbohydrates: 41gFiber: 2gSugar: 34gProtein: 1g

Please note that the Calculated Nutrition is an estimate at best.

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Carly Hanellin

My name is Carly Hanellin and I am originally from Furlong, Pennsylvania. I currently am attending Johnson & Wales University as a senior. My bachelors is in Culinary Arts and Food Service Management. My first job was working at Organnon’s Grub Shack in Newtown, PA when they had a food truck and that was my first experience with menu testing and working as a cook. Years later I started working at The Farm Cooking School in Titusville, NJ as there summer intern and have been working there since. I absolutely love cooking healthy, sustainable, and less wasteful foods. This has lead me to becoming president of the sustainability club at my campus and I hope to keep my earth friendly mission with me where ever I end up. Also, my favorite food is sushi!

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