Cucumber-Basil Martini
- Contributed by Laurent Tourondel
- ACTIVE:
- TOTAL TIME: 10 MIN
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SERVINGS:
makes 1 drink
Recipe: Cucumber-Basil Martini
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon hot water
- 1 teaspoon finely grated fresh ginger
- One 3-inch piece of cucumberpeeled, seeded and diced, plus 1 round for garnish
- 3 basil leaves, 2 torn
- 2 ounces gin
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- Ice
- In a small bowl, dissolve the sugar in the hot water. Press the grated ginger through a fine strainer set over the bowl, releasing the juice.
- In a cocktail shaker, muddle the diced cucumber with the 2 torn basil leaves. Add the ginger syrup, gin, lime juice and a handful of ice. Shake well, then strain into a martini glass. Garnish the martini with the cucumber slice and the remaining whole basil leaf and serve.
- From July Fourth on the Grill
- Published July 2007





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