Cucumber Basil Martini

8 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon hot water
  • 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, finely grated
  • 1 piece cucumber, 3 inch piece, peeled, seeded and diced
  • 3 basil leaves (tear up 2 of them)
  • 2 ounces gin
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  • ice

Directions

  1. 1
    In a small bowl, dissolve the sugar in the hot water.
  2. 2
    Press the grated ginger through a fine strainer set over the bowl, releasing the juice.
  3. 3
    In a cocktail shaker, muddle the diced cucumber with the 2 torn basil leaves.
  4. 4
    Add the ginger syrup, gin, lime juice and a handful of ice.
  5. 5
    Shake well, then strain into a martini glass.
  6. 6
    Garnish the martini with a cucumber slice and the remaining whole basil leaf and serve.

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