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a purple cocktail with white foam garnished with blackberries in coupe glass

Outlaw — a literary cocktail

Based on Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins, this cocktail mixes blackberries and mezcal, and dresses it in black.
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Course: Drinks
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ oz. mezcal
  • ¾ oz. lemon juice
  • ¾ oz. blackberry liqueur
  • 1 egg white
  • a few grains salt
  • ¼ oz. black sambuca (or so) for the rinse
  • blackberries for garnish

Method
 

  1. Add mezcal, lemon juice, blackberry liqueur, egg white, and salt to a cocktail shaker, and shake for 20 seconds.
  2. Add ice and shake again.
  3. Pour around ¼ ounce of black sambuca into a coupe glass, swirl it around to cover the entire surface, and discard the extra.
  4. Strain the cocktail into the glass, garnish with a couple of blackberries on a pick, and serve.