Thai basil smash
Serves: 2
Prep time: 5 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Stuart West
Thai basil smash
While away a warm summer’s evening with this fragrant and zingy gin cocktail; Thai basil brings a lovely hint of aniseed flavour
Serves: 2
Prep time: 5 minsTotal time: 
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Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Senior Food Producer. An obsessive foodie with a sweet tooth, she is happiest when baking and is a firm believer that there is always room for dessert (preferably following a big bowl of pasta)
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Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Senior Food Producer. An obsessive foodie with a sweet tooth, she is happiest when baking and is a firm believer that there is always room for dessert (preferably following a big bowl of pasta)
See more of Abigail Spooner’s recipes
Ingredients
- 10g of Thai basil (leaves and stalks)
- ice
- 100ml gin
- 45ml lime juice (about 2 limes)
- 30ml sugar syrup
For garnish
- small sprig of Thai basil
- slice of lime
Step by step
- Gently bash the Thai basil into the base of a cocktail shaker with a muddler or the end of a wooden spoon, until fragrant and bruised.
- Fill the cocktail shaker with ice, then pour in the gin, lime juice and sugar syrup. Shake well for about 30 seconds, until the outside of the shaker is very cold. Fine strain into two ice-filled tumbler glasses and garnish each with a small sprig of Thai basil and a slice of lime.
