Name: Ballet Russe
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Vodka; 22.5 ml Crème de cassis liqueur; 30 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)

Serve in a

Martini glass

Garnish:

Lime wedge

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

2 fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
3/4 fl oz	Joseph Cartron Double Crème de Cassis de Bourgogne
1 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
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Review:

Intense sweet blackcurrant balanced by lime sourness.

Nutrition:

One serving of Ballet Russe contains 224 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
17.33% alc./vol. (34.66° proof)
20.8 grams of pure alcohol

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