1⁄2 c Water
1 1⁄2 c Basil
2 t Brown sugar (light)
1 t Lime juice
2 oz Light rum
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1 spg Basil (as garnish)
1 wdg Lime (as garnish)
Instructions
Simmer water & basil until reduced to 2 1/2 tbsp. Strain, stir in sugar & 1 tsp fresh lime juice. Shake syrup with rum and 1/2 oz more lime, strain, straight up, cocktail glass, garnish.
Cocktail summary
Created by
Bernie Sun, ABC Kitchen, New York, NY
Year
2010
Is an
authentic recipe
Light rum, Water, Lime juice, Brown sugar, Basil, Lime
PT5M
PT0M
Cocktail
Cocktail
1
craft, alcoholic
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I edited the recipe to correspond to the one in the reference (Food & Wine). The reference's ingredient list neglects the second quantity of lime juice, which the instructions clearly require. I assume the intention is to make a quantity of syrup and store it in the refrigerator, using about 1oz (3 Tbsp) in each cocktail. I also rewrote the instructions to remove any question of copyright infringement.