Do you fancy a delicious fruity cocktail from the comfort of your own home? Try our basil berry bash cocktail recipe!
Prep time: 5 minutes
Makes: 1-2 drinks
Ingredients
- 1 cup blackberries and / or blueberries
- 6-8 basil leaves, removed from stems, plus more to garnish
- Juice of 2 limes
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 120ml Three Basil Gin
- Ice, as needed
Method
Step 1
Place berries, basil, lime juice, and honey into a cocktail shaker and muddle together by pressing down on the fruit and herbs lightly with a muddler or spoon and giving a few gentle twists. You should see juice squirting out of the blackberries.
Step 2
Pour Three Basil Gin into cocktail shaker.
Step 3
Add ice to the shaker and shake until chilled and well combined.
Step 4
Fill two glasses with crushed ice.
Step 5
Strain blackberry-basil mixture into the two glasses, or if you prefer to enjoy the bits of blackberries and basil that are a result of the muddling, don’t use a strainer when transferring to cocktail glasses.
Step 6
Top each cocktail with soda water and garnish with fresh basil leaves.
Step 7
Garnish with fresh basil leaves.
Lastly (and most importantly!), enjoy your refreshing basil berry bash cocktail!