Bring magic to life with this color-changing galaxy cocktail. The secret ingredient is a bright blue butterfly pea granita. When you mix it with the yellow gin cotton candy grape lemonade, it will wow all your friends when it swirls a stunning vibrant purple.
Butterfly Pea Granita: Add water, butterfly pea flowers, and sugar to a saucepan. Simmer until the sugar is fully dissolved. Turn off heat and cool. Strain liquid into a shallow pan and freeze until solid.
2 cups water, 1 tbsp butterfly pea flowers, 1/3 cup sugar
Cotton Candy Lemon Juice: Add grapes, water, and lemon juice to a blender. Blend until smooth. Strain the grape juice with a fine mesh strainer.
1 lb cotton candy grapes, 1/2 cup water, 2 lemons
Shred the Granita: Shred frozen granita with a fork until fluffy.
The Galaxy Cocktail: To a cocktail shaker or a pitcher, add gin, elderflower liqueur, cotton candy lemon juice and ice. Shake or mix. To serve, spoon about 1/2 cup of the butterfly pea granita into the bottom of a glass and pour in the cocktail mix over top to see the magic.
1.5 oz gin, 0.5 oz elderflower liqueur, 2 oz cotton candy lemon juice, butterfly pea granita
If you want to have all 6 cocktails ready at the same time:• Grab a pitcher and multiply the single cocktail liquids by 6 - 9 oz gin, 3 oz elderflower liqueur, 12 oz cotton candy lemon juice. Stir and keep it chilled.• When guests arrive, add ice to the pitcher and stir again. scoop about 1/2 cup of the blue granita into each glass.• Pour the batched gin mixture over the granita right in front of them so they can watch the magical color change.