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Gin Basil Smash Cocktail Recipe

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Author: The Bar Team
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What you’ll need

Ingredients

Serves:
1
  • Tanqueray London Dry Gin
    1.5oz
  • Suc de lămâie proaspăt stors
    1oz
  • Sirop de zahăr
    0.75oz
  • Frunze de busuioc
    10
  • Crenguță de busuioc
    1
2.4 units of alcohol per serving

Equipment

  • Tumbler glass
  • Muddler
  • Shaker
  • Strainer
  • Jigger

Method

Add

Add the basil leaves, simple syrup, and lemon juice to a cocktail shaker. 

Muddle

Crush the basil with the muddler until bruised - this releases the oils.

Shake

Add gin and ice to the muddled ingredients, and shake until the outside of the cocktail shaker is freezing cold.

Pour

Strain into a Tumbler glass, top with ice and garnish with a sprig of basil.

1:1 Simple syrup recipe

Stir 1 part white sugar to 1 part warm or boiling water until the sugar is dissolved. Cool before use.  

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