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Basil Gimlet
A garden-fresh take on the gimlet with muddle fresh basil, gin, and fresh lime juice — herbaceous and bright.
Ingredients
- 6 leaves fresh basil
- 2 fl oz. gin
- 0.75 fl oz. fresh lime juice
- 0.75 fl oz. simple syrup
Directions
- 1Muddle basil leaves with simple syrup in a shaker.
- 2Add gin and lime juice with ice.
- 3Shake vigorously until chilled.
- 4Double strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with a basil leaf.
Contributed by @alfg