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Blueberry Moscow Mocktail

Blueberry Moscow Mocktail brings cup fresh blueberries, Juice of ½ lime and the rest of the crew together in a recipe that is practical enough for a normal kitchen but still has enough personality to avoid tasting like committee food.

Blueberry Moscow Mocktail

What It Is

Hey comrades. This drink will make any Siberian winter seem warm. Something Wicca this way comes Blueberries, lime and ginger beer in a copper mug with absolutely no Moscow required.

Origin

This version is connected to for this recipe.. I keep that connection as part of the recipe’s personality without pretending every dish arrived with a notarized birth certificate.

Fun Fact

The cookbook version really does pair ¼ cup fresh blueberries with Juice of ½ lime. That combination comes straight from the original recipe, not from a late-night refrigerator séance.

Prep
5 min
Cook
—
Total
5 min
Servings
1 mug
(assuming no one present is secretly a moose)
Difficulty
easy
Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Nut-Free
Diet
Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Nut-Free
Away Mission
125 min walk
(or 12 minutes arguing with a Klingon about honour)
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Ingredients

  • ¼ cup fresh blueberries
  • Juice of ½ lime
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 x 9 oz ginger beer
  • Crushed ice

Steps

  1. Add blueberries, lime juice and sugar to a large glass and muddle well.
  2. Transfer to a copper mug and add crushed ice.
  3. Pour in ginger beer, stir and serve immediately.

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Notes

Taste near the end and adjust. Salt, acid and heat are much easier to add than remove, despite what some of my more enthusiastic recipes occasionally imply.

Nutrition Facts
Per 1 mug
Calories 560
Burning this off: one Tragically Hip song, played loud, on a treadmill.
% Daily Value*
Fat 0.5 g 1%
Saturated + Trans 0 g 0%
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 15 mg 1%
Carbohydrate 144.0 g
Fibre 2.5 g 9%
Sugars 127.0 g 127%**
Protein 1.5 g
Potassium 390 mg 8%
Calcium 25 mg 2%
Iron 0.7 mg 4%
*5% or less is a little, 15% or more is a lot. Sodium levels calculated in a country with universal healthcare — and it's free, so don't worry about it too much.
**This dish means well. Some numbers above are having a bit of a moment. Delicious? Absolutely. A daily habit? Let's not. Eat it, enjoy it, then maybe take the stairs.

Substitutions

No specific substitution note is given in the cookbook. Spoon & Scribble option: adjust sweetness to taste and swap similar fresh fruit or sparkling water where it keeps the same basic drink.

Storage

Cool leftovers promptly and refrigerate in a covered container. Keep crisp garnishes separate whenever possible so tomorrow’s lunch does not become damp architecture.

Freezing

Freeze cooked components in meal-sized airtight portions where practical. Dairy-heavy sauces and fresh garnishes may change texture, so add those fresh after reheating when possible.