Strawberry-Basil Ginger Cocktail – A Refreshing Summer time Cocktail!

Strawberry-Basil Ginger Cocktail is a refreshing and straightforward vodka cocktail recipe that includes contemporary strawberries and basil. This drink can be nice served as a mocktail!

File Strawberry-Basil Ginger Cocktail underneath the “the place has this recipe been all my life?” part of your recipe binder, as a result of I promise that’s what you’ll be declaring after the primary sip!

This fresh-herb and berry cocktail with a splash of fizzy ginger ale (or ginger beer) plus a shot of vodka, is the equal to a chilly bathe after a sizzling run, garden mowing session, [enter any outdoor activity here] on a scorching summer season day.

Translation: it’s the ULTIMATE thirst-quencher, and simply pretty much as good when served as a mocktail!

The Good Summer time Drink

I’ve been making this refreshing cocktail since 2015, after recognizing it on my good friend Dani’s web site Thyme is Honey.

“Hmm, strawberry plus basil?” I bear in mind considering to myself. I used to be intrigued sufficient to strive, and am SO glad I did. Mint is so typically regarded as the go-to herb to pair with fruit, however basil is extremely scrumptious too. Should you’ve ever had my Peach Caprese Salad or Strawberry-Basil Fried Goat Cheese Rooster Salad, than you’re within the know.

Bonus: each strawberries and basil are in season proper now, making this simple vodka cocktail one thing you can and ought to get pleasure from typically over the subsequent few months.

Really I can’t emphasize sufficient how refreshing this drink is. I actually CRAVE it. Plus it’s so simple to make — solely 4 elements required!

Elements Wanted

Raid the farmer’s market, or your backyard for those who’ve received a inexperienced thumb, for half the elements on this drink recipe. Right here’s what you’ll want:

• Strawberries: candy summer season strawberries shine on this drink.
• Basil: not like many herbs, basil may be tremendous refined, like it’s on this cocktail. That mentioned, be happy so as to add kind of to your liking.
• Vodka: we hold gluten free Titos vodka within the freezer, however you should utilize no matter you’ve received readily available.
• Ginger ale or Ginger beer: I like this drink equally when made with ginger ale or ginger beer. I want Fever Tree model of each.

That’s it!

Make it a Mocktail

There are a 1,001 causes to like a mocktail, which is a cocktail made with out alcohol. Whether or not you don’t drink alcohol, are pregnant, or need one thing fancy to serve your youngsters, this drink is JUST pretty much as good made with out the vodka. My youngsters go loopy for it!

Easy methods to Make this Recipe

Begin by including chopped contemporary strawberries and torn contemporary basil to a blender then mix till the combination could be very easy.

Pour the Strawberry-Basil Puree right into a jar with a decent becoming lid, or storage container with a lid, then put aside. You may make this as much as 2 days forward of time then refrigerate till you’re able to sip. You can even freeze it in ice dice trays to get pleasure from a sip of summer season throughout the season that shall not be named.

FYI: the puree might not style tremendous candy, however the ginger ale / ginger beer will convey the drink as much as the proper sweetness degree.

When it’s cocktail time, fill a 16oz glass to the highest with ice then add vodka, Strawberry-Basil Puree, and fill to the highest with ginger ale or ginger beer. Give it a stir then head out to the closest deck or patio and get to sipping.

This recipe makes 3, 16oz cocktails and divides or multiplies simply. Plus, like I discussed, the strawberry-basil puree will hold simply nice within the fridge for a few days so you may stretch out the deliciousness.

I hope you LOVE this simple and refreshing summer season cocktail recipe as a lot as I do — get pleasure from!!

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