Author Notes
My mom and I came up with this one when our garden became overwhelmed with basil at the same time that the texas heat set in! —kga414
Ingredients
- Basil Simple Syrup
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1 cup
sugar
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1 cup
water
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1 cup
fresh chopped loosely packed basil
- Homemade Sun Tea
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1 gallon
water
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4-6 packets
Lipton Tea Bags
Directions
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heat the sugar and water together on low in a pan
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when sugar has completely dissolved, remove from heat and allow to cool. at this point add the basil and stir.
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Pour cooled basil simple syrup into bottom of pitcher, and add your sun tea (should be made previously and is better if it sits in the sun all day before)
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this can be made instantly without sun tea by just boiling about a gallon of water and letting the same amount of tea bags steep for a bit.
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pour over ice and relax on your back porch!
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