Muddled Basil Martini
photo by HisPixie
- Ready In:
- 2mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
1 cocktail
- Serves:
- 1
ingredients
- 2 ounces vodka or 2 ounces gin
- 1 ounce agave nectar or 1 ounce simple syrup
- 4 sweet basil, fresh
- 2 mint leaves, fresh
- juice of one lime
directions
- Muddle the basil, simple syrup and lime juice together. Add gin or vodka. Combine in a cocktail shaker with loads of ice. Shake until there are shards of ice and the mix turns frothy. Strain.
- Original recipe reads: 2 1/2 jiggers of vodka or gin. 1 jigger simple syrup. 1 jigger fresh squeezed lime juice. 4 fresh sweet basil leaves. 1 fresh spearmint leaf (or to taste).
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
HisPixie
East Mc Keesport, Pennsylvania
I'm the mother of triplet daughters and now 4 grandchildren; 2 step-grandchildren. I'm a critical care nurse by background, as well as hospice nursing. I love to cook and bake. My husband is a wonderful taste tester for me and never, ever complains about my many experiments and new dishes. Love that man. We have 4 cats: a neurotic gray calico named Cupcake, a kitten named RubyMae, a Maine coon named Arwen, a short-haired dilute torti Gigi,. One dog...a shepherd/sheltie, Greta. I been her since RecipeZaar days (miss that place). I'm from Pittsburgh, PA.