So I would never completely forsake the classy lady because: a) it is delish, b) it has Coke Z, and c) it has booze (I am not providing a link to this recipe - you know how I feel about laziness). But, I feel that each summer needs a signature drink, so VOILA!!! Along comes the Jill-jito!!! Enjoy my friends.
Ingredients:
Jill's special strawberry basil syrup - okay this isn't really my special syrup. I got the recipe from the WSJ (Remember my Dad? Those who love spreadsheets love the Journal). It was a recipe for homemade popsicles that SD demanded when he saw the picture (don't freak out, it wasn't one of those kooky pencil sketches they usually have, this was the Weekend Journal, aka the WSJ edition that is slightly more fun than colorectal surgery, unlike the weekday edition).
Here's what's in the syrup (Jill-modified)
1 lb strawberries
Juice of 1/2 a lime
2/3 cup sugar
10 basil leaves
Puree that up in the blender, and you've got some delish syrup.
Now, you pour about 2 ounces Cruzan dark rum in a Tervis tumbler (the official tumbler of the HFGBC if you didn't know)
Then, add a generous glunk of the syrup (yes, I measure in glunks, so no one can recreate my awesome recipes, right Rach?)
Then add ice
Then top it off with some handy club soda/Perrier/seltzer water
Enjoy, and you're welcome, Summer 2011.
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That's awesome! And, I love how you called out our classy tumblers! We are classy after all. :)
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