Basil Crush

Name: Basil Crush
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 fresh Basil leaves; 30 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Cynar/carciofo amaro; 45 ml Apple juice; 30 ml Cold green tea; 15 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Honey sugar syrup

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Serves:

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Ingredients
2 fresh	Basil leaves (torn)
1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ fl oz	Cynar or other carciofo amaro
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
1 fl oz	Green tea (cold)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Honey sugar syrup

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Method

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of basil leaf.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
7.88% alc./vol. (15.76° proof)
12.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

This drink for Basil Brush fans is adapted from a recipe by Fabio Raffaelli, Restaurante Tristan, Mallorca.

Review

Green and herbal to the extent of almost being healthy. Bitter sweet and fruity.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
$33.99 $1.36 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Cynar 1000ml - makes 44 cocktails
$34.99 $0.80 per cocktail Cynar image

$2.16 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
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