An amazing summer cocktail with lemon
Fresh lemon juice is one of the most popular ingredients to add to cocktails.
Vodka enriched with basil with lemonade and mineral water is an ideal refreshing summer cocktail. This cocktail has a special fragrant aroma, but also the fact that it is easy to prepare. On hot days, it just glides down your throat and is easy to drink, so be careful because vodka and lemon can be tricky. Gather your friends, play some music, prepare light meals and enjoy the perfect day.
Ingredients for lemonade with vodka and basil:
- 9 large basil leaves
- 120 ml of vodka
- 32 g of sugar
- 230 ml of lemonade
- mineral or soda water
- ice
- lemon slices, for garnish
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Preparation:
Tear off 5 basil leaves into small pieces and place them in a bottle with vodka. Close tightly and shake, refrigerate and leave for at least 6 hours, ideally 12 hours, shaking the bottle occasionally. Make basil sugar: In a (best small) blender, mix the sugar and the remaining basil. Mix until the basil is chopped into small, even pieces and the sugar becomes pale green. Strain the vodka into a glass and squeeze the basil leaves to release the remaining liquid.
Pour the basil sugar on a small, shallow plate. Fill another shallow plate with water to a depth of half a centimeter. Dip the rim of each cup first in water and then in basil sugar. Pour basil vodka into glasses and then add lemonade. Fill the glasses with ice cubes and pour mineral or soda water over them. Garnish with lemon slices.
