Recipe

6 INGREDIENTS • 4 STEPS • 10MINS

Black Olive & Basil Smash

Name: Black Olive & Basil Smash
Total time: PT600.0S
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 6 Black Olives; 1 handful Fresh Basil; 1 Lemon; 500 milliliter Tonic Water; 2 tot Mediterranean Gin; as needed Ice

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Toast to 2018 with this stylish Black Olive and Basil Smash to see in the New Year.

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East After Noon

A literary soul writer, stylist, recipe developer and neutralist.

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Toast to 2018 with this stylish Black Olive and Basil Smash to see in the New Year.

10MINS

Total Time

$8.05

Cost Per Serving

Ingredients

Servings

2

US / Metric

6

Pitted Black Olives

plus more for garnish

1 handful

Fresh Basil

plus more for garnish

1

Lemon, juiced

2 cups

Tonic Water

2 tots

Mediterranean Gin

as needed

Ice

Nutrition Per Serving

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Calories

622

Fat

1.3 g

Protein

0.6 g

Carbs

27.1 g

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Cooking InstructionsHide images

step 1

In a mortar and pestle, roughly smash about Black Olives (6) with a few sprigs of Fresh Basil (1 handful). Fill a tumbler with ice and add the basil-olive mixture, the juice of a Lemon (1) and the Mediterranean Gin (2 tots).

step 2

Shake to combine and infuse the gin. Divide the mixture between two tumblers filled with Ice (as needed) and top up with Tonic Water (2 cups).

step 3

Garnish with fresh basil and a few black olives skewered on cocktail sticks.

step 4

Serve immediately and enjoy!