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Mango Basil Smash

Name: Mango Basil Smash
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 10 fresh Basil leaves; 37.5 ml Gin; 37.5 ml Mango liqueur; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

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Ingredients
10 fresh	Basil leaves
1 ¹⁄₄ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 ¹⁄₄ fl oz	Chinola Mango Liqueur
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Freddo Old Fashioned

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of basil sprigs bouquet.

Method

MUDDLE basil in base of shaker.
Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with basil sprigs bouquet.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

18.4 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created by yours truly in March 2025.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

Mango adds fruitiness to the contemporary classic Gin Basil Smash.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 20 cocktails
$33.99 $1.70 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Chinola Mango Liqueur 750ml - makes 20 cocktails
$29.99 $1.50 per cocktail Chinola Mango Liqueur image

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 75 cocktails
$14.99 $0.20 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

$3.40 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 20 cocktails.
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Justine Fehley Premium Member 1y

Doesn't top the original, but very good. I used Old Raj Blue and Chinola.

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