Thai Basil Daiquiri
Thai basil is more anise-forward and peppery than Italian basil. With agricole rum and lime it creates something that tastes like a Vietnamese herb plate in cocktail form.
Served in a Coupe glass · Garnish: Thai basil sprig · Difficulty: medium
Ingredients
- 2 oz Rhum Agricole
- 0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
- 0.75 oz Palm Sugar Syrup
- 8 leaves Thai Basil
Instructions
- Make palm sugar syrup: dissolve palm sugar in equal weight of hot water, cool.
- Gently muddle Thai basil in a shaker.
- Add rhum agricole, lime juice, and palm sugar syrup.
- Shake hard with ice.
- Double strain into a chilled coupe.
- Garnish with a Thai basil sprig.