blackberry basil gin fizz
Servings 2 drinks
Ingredients
- 1 cup blackberries about 14-16 berries
- 6-8 basil leaves removed from stems, plus more for garnish
- juice of 2 limes
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 4 ounces gin
- ice as needed
- seltzer water or club soda as needed
Instructions
- Place blackberries, 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.
- Pour gin into cocktail shaker.
- Add ice to the shaker and shake until chilled and well combined.
- Fill two cocktail glasses with crushed ice.
- Strain blackberry-basil mixture into the two glasses, or if you're like us and prefer to enjoy the bits of blackberries and basil that are a results of the muddling, don't use a strainer when transferring to cocktail glasses.
- Top each cocktail with seltzer water or club soda.
- Garnish with fresh basil leaves.
Notes
This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled and made in a pitcher for a crowd. Rather than using a cocktail shaker, stir all ingredients in a pitcher before serving, and don't worry about straining the fruit and herbs.
