A more savoury take on a traditional Basil Smash, when you’re after something slightly longer and refreshing
Recipe created for Hope Distillery by Georgia East
ingredients
25ml Hope Mediterranean Gin 1 packet of pitted black olives A generous handful of fresh basil, washed 1 lemon, juiced 200ml tonic water
Garnish
Basil and a few olives
Preparation
In a mortar and pestle, roughly smash about 3-4 olives with a few sprigs of basil. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add the basil-olive mixture, the lemon juice and the gin. Shake to combine and infuse the gin. Pour into a tumbler filled with ice and top up with tonic water. Garnish with fresh basil and a few black olives skewered on a cocktail stick