green apple basil fizz recipe

Author: story of a kitchen (adapted from www.chow.com/recipes/29157-green-apple-sparkler)

Recipe type: Drinks

Prep time: 24 hours

Cook time: 10 mins

Total time: 24 hours 10 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

½ cup (100 g) sugar
½ cup (120 ml) water
⅓ cup (80 ml) freshly squeezed lime juice
A handful of fresh basil, rinsed and torn
1 Granny Smith apple, cored and cut into slices
2½ cups (600 ml) chilled seltzer water, or more depending on how sweet you like your drinks
Ice
a few splashes of vodka (totally optional but totally good)

Instructions

Mix sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium heat to dissolve sugar. Off the heat and stir in the lime juice and basil. Allow to cool to room temperature.
Add the apple slices (I added the cores too, just for flavor) and the basil to the syrup. Cover and refrigerate for at least one day to infuse the apple and basil flavors into the syrup. This may be done for up to three days.
Strain syrup into a pouring container. Reserve the apple slices. Discard the basil. Use a 1 to 2 ratio of syrup to seltzer in each iced glass and stir gently to combine. Add in vodka, if using, and stir again. Garnish each drink with a few of the reserved apple slices. This recipe makes 4 drinks.

Recipe by story of a kitchen at https://www.storyofakitchen.com/drink-recipes/green-apple-basil-fizz-recipe/