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Polk Salad Annie

Name: Polk Salad Annie
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 8 fresh Basil leaves; 4 fresh Mint leaves; 45 ml Gin; 15 ml Coconut liqueur; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 dash Absinthe; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1; 10 ml Prosecco

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (13)

Measurements in:

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Ingredients
8 fresh	Basil leaves
4 fresh	Mint leaves
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Malibu Original coconut rum liqueur
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
2 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Fiol Extra Dry Prosecco (chilled)

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 sprig.

Method

MUDDLE basil sprigs (no need to pluck leaves from stem) in base of shaker.
Add next 7 ingredients (all but sparkling wine) and SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
TOP with prosecco.

Garnish

Garnish with basil sprig 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:

18.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Prosecco sparkling wine — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Named after the 1968 song by Tony Joe White. Created by yours truly in February 2024, thanks to a suggestion by Mike Chen, a fellow Discerning Drinker, to add "a little bit of Malibu liqueur" to A Gin Basil Smash. I kept on adding!

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

A coconut and mint-influenced riff on a Gin Basil Smash.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$33.99 $2.06 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Malibu Original 1000ml - makes 66.5 cocktails
$26.99 $0.41 per cocktail Malibu Original image

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$14.99 $0.10 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

La Fee Parisienne absinthe 200ml - makes 320 cocktails
$17.99 $0.06 per cocktail La Fee Parisienne absinthe image

$2.63 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Larry Havard Premium Member 16w

This is elegantly sour and delicious. All I had available was vanilla infused simple syrup, so I used that and I don’t think it changed the flavor much. I don’t know because I’ve made it only once, but it was tasty.

rudy sebille 1y

Excellent, the proportions are perfect. Respect the two lines of absinthe so that it doesn't take over.

Ruth Harvey 1y

Prosecco needs adding to the list of ingredients. Looks delicious!

Paloma Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

Hi Ruth, oops we missed it...prosecco is now added. Thanks for letting us know.

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