Cucumber Basil Martini

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon hot water
• 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, finely grated
• 1 piece cucumber, 3 inch piece, peeled, seeded and diced
• 3 basil leaves (tear up 2 of them)
• 2 ounces gin
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• ice

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, dissolve the sugar in the hot water.
• 2 press the grated ginger through a fine strainer set over the bowl, releasing the juice.
• 3 in a cocktail shaker, muddle the diced cucumber with the 2 torn basil leaves.
• 4 add the ginger syrup, gin, lime juice and a handful of ice.
• 5 shake well, then strain into a martini glass.
• 6 garnish the martini with a cucumber slice and the remaining whole basil leaf and serve.