Basil Vodka Gimlet
Ingredients
- 2 oz vodka
- 1 lime
- 3/4 oz simple syrup
- 5 fresh basil leaves (and more for garnishing)
Instructions
- Tear 5 basil leaves into small pieces and add them to a cocktail shaker. and gently muddle them to release their oils.
- Zest 1/2 of the lime into the cocktail shaker.
- Squeeze the lime into the cocktail shaker.
- Add 3/4 ounce of simple syrup to the cocktail shaker.
- Muddle the basil leaves and let it sit for about 5 minutes.
- Add 2 1/2 ounces of vodka to the cocktail shaker.
- Fill the shaker with ice and shake well.
- Double-strain into two chilled cocktail glasses (Place a Hawthorne or built-in shaker strainer over the shaker, hold a fine-mesh strainer over the serving glass, and pour the drink through both strainers at once into the glass).
- Garnish with a fresh basil leaf.