Author Notes
I had made this recipe a couple of years ago as part of a sponsored post and it is a treat I've gone back to repeatedly. I must admit, it was the purple basil simple syrup that hooked me into making this with a deep licorice like note, but the end result was well worth it. —Panfusine
Ingredients
- Purple Basil simple syrup
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1 cup
sugar
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1/2 cup
water
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1 cup
purple basil
- Cherry lime basil
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1 pound
cherries, stemmed and pitted
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1/4 cup
Purple Basil simple syrup
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Juice of 1 lime
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purple basil leaves for garnish
Directions
- Purple Basil simple syrup
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Combine the ingredients in a saucepan and simmer until the basil is all wilted and has released its aroma into the syrup. Cool down and strain into a bottle. Refrigerate until needed..
- Cherry lime basil
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blend the three ingredients together and pour out into a flat, shallow glass dish and place in freezer
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Scrape the frozen block of cherry puree with a fork and spoon out into stemmed glasses. Garnish with a basil leaf and serve immediately.
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