Recipe

Basil Sweet Tea

Basil Sweet Tea

Photo by kga414

  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe Using Fresh Basil
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    kga414's Notes:

    My mom and I came up with this one when our garden became overwhelmed with basil at the same time that the texas heat set in!

Makes 1 Gallon

Basil Simple Syrup:

1 cup sugar Ask a question about this ingredient

1 cup water Ask a question about this ingredient

1 cup fresh chopped loosely packed basil Ask a question about this ingredient

  1. heat the sugar and water together on low in a pan

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  2. when sugar has completely dissolved, remove from heat and allow to cool. at this point add the basil and stir.

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  3. Pour cooled basil simple syrup into bottom of pitcher, and add your sun tea (should be made previously and is better if it sits in the sun all day before)

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  4. this can be made instantly without sun tea by just boiling about a gallon of water and letting the same amount of tea bags steep for a bit.

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  5. pour over ice and relax on your back porch!

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