HUMBLE BERRY PIE MARTINI COCKTAIL RECIPE

Once upon a time my mom would make a Humble Berry Pie, at least that's what she called it. It was usually a combination of mixed berries, mostly raspberries, blackberries and, her favorite berry of all, Boysenberries. I loved this pie but it always came with her standard lecture about humility. We got pie but we had to be humble to eat it. I was willing to be humble long enough to eat my piece of pie, then I reverted back to being the cocky little brat that was my norm.

Now, there is a real, historical humble pie (not a berry in it though) and the word “humble” itself comes from the Middle French word “nomble,” which translates to “scrap." The humble pie of history was a Medieval savory dish servants made from the scraps of the master’s table, topped off with a crust and baked up as a pie. I guess the masters didn't leave too many berries on the table.

How berries ended up in mom's pie is something she took to the great beyond. Sadly, I never though to ask her. Though there is an old country saying to “eat humble pie”, meaning cockiness gets its comeuppance, and my mom was quite fond of that saying, as well as berries. She even passed both tendencies down to me, but did not pass her pie baking abilities down with them.

This is where my cocktail skills came into play. My cockiness is probably why the pie gods have cursed me with the inability to make a decent pie. Nope, can't bake a good, homemade pie to save my un-humble self which is probably why I have created so many pie cocktails. So, no successful baking of my mom's Humble Berry Pie for me. But the booze gods love me. In fact they have blessed me with the talent of turning culinary chaos into cocktail creativity, thus my mom's Humble Berry Pie lives on as a very delicious (and dare I say Un-Humble?) drink!

HUMBLE BERRY PIE

MARTINI

INGREDIENTS:
1 Oz. Berry Vodka
1 Oz. Spiced Rum
1/2 Cup Mixed Berries*

1 Oz. Half & Half

2 Dashes Lemon Bitters

1 Tbsp. Honey

GARNISH: Baked Pie Crust & Sugar Rim,

Assorted berries

TOOLS: Blender, Coupe glass

DIRECTIONS:
Rim a cocktail glass with crumbled, baked pie crust and sugar then chill glass.

Add all the ingredients to a blender with 1/2 cup of ice and pulse until nice and smooth.
Pour into your chilled glass, garnish with the assorted berries and serve.

*Frozen berries are fine, in fact they will help chill the cocktail when blending.

VOICEOVER VIDEO WITH INGREDIENTS & DIRECTIONS.

Enjoy!
But be humble about it.

Updated 3-2021

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