Name: Black Basil
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 8 Basil leaves; 30 ml Vodka; 15 ml Limoncello liqueur; 30 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' 2 sugar to 1 water; 75 ml Tonic water

Serve in a

Collins glass

Garnish:

Basil leaf

How to make:

MUDDLE basil in base of shaker. Add next 4 ingredients (all but tonic water), SHAKE with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with tonic water and lightly stir.

8 fresh	Basil leaves
1 fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
1/2 fl oz	Pallini Limoncello liqueur
1 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°brix)
2 1/2 fl oz	Thomas Henry Tonic Water
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Review:

Light in alcohol, with its basil and zesty lemon flavours, this wholesome looking cocktail makes for a refreshing summer afternoon drink.

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
7.77% alc./vol. (15.54° proof)
12.8 grams of pure alcohol

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