Lychee Basil Mojito

This cocktail is just the thing to linger over on warm summer evenings… Since summer evenings are quite a way off perhaps the cocktail will bring some warm memories along. Seriously, I am so tired of the cold and grey skies.

Although I have dubbed this a ‘mojito’ it is not a Mojito at all in the traditional sense as it contains no rum or mint.

Instead I have used gin and basil to create a refreshing drink that can be served long with crushed ice or strained as a Martini.

You can use fresh lychees and muddle them with the limes but it’s much easier (and less expensive) to use lychee juice instead.

If you can’t buy crushed ice put some ice cubes in a bag, cover with a tea towel and then bash them with a rolling pin.

Palm sugar can be found in the specialist or ethnic aisles in large supermarkets. You can replace it with Demerara sugar but the taste is not quite the same.