Patrice Plante’s Fig and Blackberry Mocktail

Ingredients

• Chai Tea Infusion

  • 1 cup (250 ml) water
  • 1 tbsp chai tea leaves

• Fig Purée

  • 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) water
  • 6 large dried figs, quartered (about 7 oz/200 g)

• Blackberry Syrup

  • 1 1/4 cups (175 g) fresh blackberries
  • 1/3 cup (70 g) sugar

• Mocktail

  • 1 round orange slice
  • 1 round lemon slice
  • 2 oz (60 ml) chai tea infusion, cold
  • 1 oz (30 ml) fig purée, cold
  • 4 tsp (20 ml) blackberry syrup, cold
  • 4 tsp (20 ml) non-alcoholic red vermouth (or 1 oz/30 ml dealcoholized red wine)
  • 1 pinch salt
  • A few ice cubes
  • Orange zest, to decorate