Best Cucumber Basil Martini Recipes

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Provided by CulinaryQueen

Categories Beverages

Time 10m

Yield 1 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

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

Steps:

In a small bowl, dissolve the sugar in the hot water.
Press the grated ginger through a fine strainer set over the bowl, releasing the juice.
In a cocktail shaker, muddle the diced cucumber with the 2 torn basil leaves.
Add the ginger syrup, gin, lime juice and a handful of ice.
Shake well, then strain into a martini glass.
Garnish the martini with a cucumber slice and the remaining whole basil leaf and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 206, Fat 0.1, Sodium 2.6, Carbohydrate 14.4, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 12.9, Protein 0.3

BASIL CUCUMBER MARTINI image

Categories Herb No-Cook

Yield 1 Drink

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ginger simple syrup:
1 teaspoon of sugar
1 teaspoon hot water
1 teaspoon fresh finly ground ginger
Martini:
1 3-inch cube skinned and seeded cucumber cut up in chunks
2 oz of gin or vodka
3 basil leaves torn (leave one whole)
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice

Steps:

In a small bowl mix sugar and the hot water together. Using a fine strainer, press the fresh ginger through the strainer over the bowl to release it's juices. In a shaker muddle 2 basil leaves (torn) with the cucumber until mashed well. Mix in the vodka or gin, the ginger simple syrup, fresh lime juice, and ice. Shake well and strain in chilled martini glass or over rocks. Garnish with a whole basil leaf and a thin slice of cucumber.

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Yield One Person

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon hot water
1 teaspoon finely grated fresh ginger
One 3-inch piece of cucumberâpeeled, seeded and diced, plus 1 round for garnish
3 basil leaves, 2 torn
2 ounces gin
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
Ice

Steps:

In a small bowl, dissolve the sugar in the hot water. Press the grated ginger through a fine strainer set over the bowl, releasing the juice. 2. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the diced cucumber with the 2 torn basil leaves. Add the ginger syrup, gin, lime juice and a handful of ice. Shake well, then strain into a martini glass. Garnish the martini with the cucumber slice and the remaining whole basil leaf and serve.