Gin cocktails
Gin Basil Smash
Lemon and sugar shaken with a fistful of basil. Bright green and peppery.
- Strength
- Medium
- Sweetness
- Balanced
Ingredients
- 60 ml2 ozLondon dry gin
- 25 ml¾ ozFresh lemon juice
- 20 ml⅔ ozSimple syrup (1:1)
- A handfulA handfulBasil leaves
Makes one drink, about 105 ml before ice.
Method
- Gently muddle the fresh ingredients in the bottom of a shaker.
- Add the rest, fill with ice and shake hard.
- Double strain into a rocks glass over fresh cubes.
- Garnish: basil sprig.
- Glass
- Rocks glass
- Ice
- Fresh cubes
- Garnish
- Basil sprig
- Tastes
- Herbal, Sour, Refreshing