Add ice and top with tonic. ; Shake well, then pour to divide between 2 glasses. ; Muddle the ingredients well, and then add ice. Using a vegetable peeler, slice thin ribbons of cucumber and place in your cocktail glasses.From the remaining cucumber, cut off 5-6 chunks to muddle into the cocktail, and save the rest. Shake until chilled then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add Tanqueray London Dry Gin, simple syrup and lime juice. The key in that drink is the lime, it truly unlocks the flavors. Yield: One cocktail… https://ginobserver.com/gin-cocktails/gimlet-the-perfect-recipe Gin has become my “adult” drink. Shake vigorously or until chilled. Place cucumber slices, basil leaves, gin, simple syrup, lime juice, and ice in a cocktail shaker. For the cocktail: Reserve one basil leaf for garnish then place remaining three basil leaves in a shaker and bruise a few times with a muddler.Add 3/4 ounce cucumber juice, 3/4 ounce Basil Simple Syrup, remaining 1/4 ounce lime juice and add ice. :) This recipe was adapted from liquor.com. There is still time to enjoy one! My go-to at fancy dinners is just a gin and tonic, but I LOVE the gin fizz (sometimes called/similar to the gimlet). This refreshing summer cocktail was another way to use my beautiful basil and special homegrown cucumbers from a friend. DIRECTIONS. Place cucumber wheels at the bottom of a Collins glass. Double strain into a coupe glass and garnish with a cucumber slice and fresh basil… Squeeze the lime juice into a cocktail shaker and add the gin, St Germain, basil, and cucumber chunks. It is an adaptation of a classic gin gimlet which is composed of gin, lime juice and simple syrup. I thought about combining all of these elements into one drink: honey, cucumber, lime and gin.