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Recipes for your Muddler’s Garden

Vodka Basil Smash

  • 1.5 oz vodka

  • 2/3 oz Lemon juice

  • 1/3 oz. Simple syrup

  • 15 Basil Leaves

Gently muddle the basil and lemon juice in shaker(smashing). Add simple syrup, vodka and top off with ice. Shake. Strain into a rocks glass with ice.

Rosemary Gimlet

Syrup

  • 1/2 cup water

  • 1/2 cup sugar

  • 2 tablespoons muddled rosemary leaves

Make syrup by heating all syrup ingredients in saucepan, stirring occasionally, until mixture is hot and sugar dissolved. Let cool completely.

Gimlet

  • 2 oz Gin

  • 3/4 oz Fresh lime juice

  • 3/4 oz rosemary syrup

Chill stemmed cocktail glass in freezer. Add all ingredients to shaker with ice. Shake until very cold. Pour into chilled glass & garnish with rosemary sprig.

Bourbon Daisy

  • 1.5 oz Bourbon

  • 3/4 oz Lime juice

  • 1/2 oz Lemon juice

  • 8-10 Mint Leaves

  • 1/2 oz simple syrup

  • 2 Dashes Mint Bitters(optional)

Muddled mint, lemon, lime. Add bourbon, simple syrup. Shake with ice. Garnish with a sprig of mint.

Pro Tip: Adding a couple of ounces of soda water to the finished cocktail is a great way to lighten up the drink on a very hot day.

Marinade

  • 5-7 Basil leaves

  • 1 stalk rosemary(leaves removed)

  • 8-10 Mint leaves

  • 1/2 cup olive oil

  • Zest 1 lemon

  • Zest 1 Orange

  • 1 Tablespoon rough crackes pepper

  • 2 Garlic cloves, smashed

  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar

2Tablespoons golden raisins

In a mortar use Muddler to mash rosemary. Add mint and then basil until a chunky paste has formed. Then add garlic, raisins and oil. Mash some more. Once a paste is formed, add vinegar, pepper and zest. Allow flavors to set for at least an hour. Can be used on just about anything but is best with chicken, pork, fish and shellfish

Pro Tip: For even more flavor and funk, subsitute the juice from your favorite pickles the vinegar.

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Jenni Springstead Jenni Springstead

Recipes for your Muddler’s Garden

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Vodka Basil Smash

  • 1.5 oz vodka

  • 2/3 oz Lemon juice

  • 1/3 oz. Simple syrup

  • 15 Basil Leaves

Gently muddle the basil and lemon juice in shaker(smashing). Add simple syrup, vodka and top off with ice. Shake. Strain into a rocks glass with ice.

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Rosemary Gimlet

Syrup

  • 1/2 cup water

  • 1/2 cup sugar

  • 2 tablespoons muddled rosemary leaves

Make syrup by heating all syrup ingredients in saucepan, stirring occasionally, until mixture is hot and sugar dissolved. Let cool completely.

Gimlet

  • 2 oz Gin

  • 3/4 oz Fresh lime juice

  • 3/4 oz rosemary syrup

Chill stemmed cocktail glass in freezer. Add all ingredients to shaker with ice. Shake until very cold. Pour into chilled glass & garnish with rosemary sprig.

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Bourbon Daisy

  • 1.5 oz Bourbon

  • 3/4 oz Lime juice

  • 1/2 oz Lemon juice

  • 8-10 Mint Leaves

  • 1/2 oz simple syrup

  • 2 Dashes Mint Bitters(optional)

Muddled mint, lemon, lime. Add bourbon, simple syrup. Shake with ice. Garnish with a sprig of mint.

Pro Tip: Adding a couple of ounces of soda water to the finished cocktail is a great way to lighten up the drink on a very hot day.

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Marinade

  • 5-7 Basil leaves

  • 1 stalk rosemary(leaves removed)

  • 8-10 Mint leaves

  • 1/2 cup olive oil

  • Zest 1 lemon

  • Zest 1 Orange

  • 1 Tablespoon rough crackes pepper

  • 2 Garlic cloves, smashed

  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar

2Tablespoons golden raisins

In a mortar use Muddler to mash rosemary. Add mint and then basil until a chunky paste has formed. Then add garlic, raisins and oil. Mash some more. Once a paste is formed, add vinegar, pepper and zest. Allow flavors to set for at least an hour. Can be used on just about anything but is best with chicken, pork, fish and shellfish

Pro Tip: For even more flavor and funk, subsitute the juice from your favorite pickles the vinegar.

Read More