Name: Byzantine
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 6 Basil leaves; 45 ml Gin; 15 ml Passion fruit syrup; 15 ml Lime & lemongrass cordial; 60 ml Pineapple juice (fresh pressed); Tonic water

Serve in a

Collins glass

Garnish:

Basil leaf

How to make:

MUDDLE basil in base of shaker. Add other ingredients apart from tonic water, SHAKE with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with tonic water.

6 fresh	Basil leaves
1 1/2 fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
1/2 fl oz	Passion fruit syrup
1/2 fl oz	Lime & lemongrass cordial
2 fl oz	Pineapple juice (fresh pressed)
Top up with	Thomas Henry Tonic Water
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Review:

This fruity, herbal drink is even better made the way Douglas originally intended, with basil infused gin instead of muddled leaves.

History:

Created in 2001 by Douglas Ankrah for Akbar, Soho, London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Byzantine contains 180 calories.

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