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I found quite a few recipes for vodka cocktails that had strawberries and basil in them, but all of them required you to muddle the strawberries and basil with the vodka, strain and then serve. This made the drink look cloudy and I didn’t find it gave the cocktail the strawberry flavor I was looking for. So, I decided to try infusing simple syrup with strawberries and basil. Success!

All you need to do to make simple syrup is to heat equal parts of sugar and water. Once it has heated and the sugar has dissolved you can add some strawberries and basil leaves and let is simmer for a few minutes. The syrup will turn a light shade of pink.

Let the syrup cool down completely before making your drinks with it, and use sliced strawberries to garnish the glass and give extra flavor.

Helga

Strawberry Basil Vodka

Recipe from The Foodies Kitchen
Serves 2

Ingredients:
3 oz vodka
2 oz stawberry basil syrup (or less, depending on your taste)
2 sliced strawberries, to garnish glasses
4 small basil leaves, to garnish glasses
selzer (or carbonated water)
tonic water
1 lime

Strawberry Basil Syrup:
½ cup of water
½ cup of sugar
4 strawberries, halved
4 basil leaves

Procedure:

1. Make your strawberry basil syrup: Add the sugar and water to a small pot and bring to a simmer, make sure the sugar is dissolved. Mix in strawberries and basil leaves, cover the pot and let it simmer for 10 minutes on low heat. Make sure you cover the pot so liquid dosen’t evaporate. Strain and set aside to cool completely.
2. Set up two glasses with ice. Add some sliced strawberries and a couple of small basil leaves to each glass.
3. Add 1 oz of syrup, 1.5 oz vodka and a squeeze of half a lime to each glass. Top with carbonated water and add a splash of tonic water. Gently mix with a cocktail stirrer.
4. Garnish with lime slices, if desired.

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