When I found myself with a pint of blueberries and no desire to make muffins, I started thinking about alternatives. Even more importantly, those options needed to be simple. That's when I started wondering would I could infuse with blueberries. I considered vodka, but then I started to think about bourbon. And figured what the heck...blueberries good, bourbon good, so blueberries and bourbon great.
Let me tell you this plan was genius. It's not something I enjoy on it's own, but when I started playing with cocktail ideas I hit the jackpot. Meet the Blue Door. There's a side story as to the name, which I'll get to a bit later.
Blue Door Recipe
2 oz blueberry infused bourbon
2 dashes orange bitters
ginger ale
1. Pour the bourbon, bitters, and ginger ale in a glass over ice.
2. Garnish with orange peel.
3. Enjoy!
Blueberry Infused Bourbon
1.5 c. smashed blueberries (about a pint)
1.5 c. bourbon
1. Combine the blueberries and bourbon in a nonreactive container.
2. Shake everyday for five days.
3. On the fifth day, taste to see if it has enough blueberriness for you. I went with only five days.
4. Strain into storage bottle. Out of direct sunlight, it should last about six months.
5. Enjoy!
So why the blue door? Well, that was our door for the last 18 months, we've called our current place home. Then I came home a few weeks ago to see it had been painted black. Talk about bumming me out. I loved that blue door. Not to mention, it made giving directions so much easier, "We're the house with the blue door." Now we're boring like everyone else on the block with their neutral black and brown doors.
Am I bit crazy for missing the door? Have you ever grown a bit attached to something about your home?
