Recipes Blackberry Smash Be the first to rate & review! Tony Abou-Ganim includes fresh blackberries, a high-quality blackberry liqueur and plenty of mint in his vodka variation on a classic smash. Slideshows: Summer Fruit Cocktails By Tony Abou-Ganim Updated on March 29, 2015 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Total Time: 5 mins Yield: 1 Ingredients 4 blackberries 9 mint leaves, plus 1 mint sprig dusted with confectioners' sugar for garnish 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup 1 1/2 ounces vodka, preferably mixed-grain, such as Van Gogh 1/2 ounce blackberry liqueur 1 ounce fresh lemon juice Ice cubes, plus cracked ice for serving Directions In a shaker, muddle 2 of the blackberries with the mint leaves and Simple Syrup. Add the vodka, blackberry liqueur, lemon juice and ice cubes; shake well. Fine strain into a chilled cracked-ice-filled rocks glass; garnish with 2 blackberries and the mint sprig. Rate it Print