Herbacious Collins
Makes: 1 refreshing twist on a Tom Collins
What do you call a Tom Collins that's ambitiously made with aquavit instead of gin and uses 5 different fresh herbs/add-ins? An Herbacious Collins.
ingredients
3 - 4 mint leaves
2 basil leaves
1/8” knob of jalapeno
2 - 3 thick slices of cucumber
5 - 6 whole black peppercorns
2 oz aquavit (substitute: any botanical gin)
1 oz simple syrup
1 oz fresh lemon juice
Ice
Cucumber ribbons, to garnish
Mint leaves, to garnish
Lemon rind, to garnish
method
Line the inner walls of a highball glass with cucumber ribbons and chill the glass for 5 minutes.
Add the mint, basil, jalapeno, cucumber slices, and peppercorns to a cocktail shaker and muddle. Pour in the aquavit, simple syrup, and lemon juice. Add 1 cup of cubed ice and shake well.
Fill the chilled highball glass with crushed ice. Strain the contents of the shaker into this glass using a fine mesh sieve. Garnish with a mint frond and/or lemon peel.
