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Byzantine

Byzantine

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Ingredients

6 fresh Basil leaves
1 1/2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Passion fruit syrup
1/2 oz Lemongrass cordial
2 oz Pineapple juice
Top up with Tonic water

How to make

Serve in a collins glass

  1. 1 MUDDLE basil in base of shaker
  2. 2 Add other ingredients apart from tonic water, SHAKE with ice and strain into ice-filled glass
  3. 3 TOP with tonic water.

History

This fruity, herbal drink is better made with basil-infused gin instead of muddled leaves.

Douglas Ankrah created this drink in 2001 at Akbar, in Soho, London, England.

Created by Douglas Ankrah