Kamikaze Drink - With and Italian Drink Twist!


	Kamikaze Drink "with an Italian Twist" Yesterday this kamikaze drink made my world perfect. A kamikaze has always been one of my favorite drinks - but most people drink them as shooters. I've always loved them on the rocks. Ordering them out could get expensive IF the bartender charged my drink by the shot. This kamikaze drink is a blend of a classic kamikaze AND the Basil Lime Gimlet made at The Switch Bar at The Encore, Las Vegas. A few weeks back we stayed The Encore in Vegas. A nice girls trip - myself, mom, daughter and sister. Prior to our trip the Wynn Encore put a recipe for a lime basil gimlet in their montly e-newsletter. The bar was three steps away from us - but trying to get all four of us women to agree on an exact time to meet for cocktails was hopeless. So....last night (a week after my trip to Vegas and two steps from the bar that made them) I made this - and O.M.G.! It is NOW MY FAVORITE DRINK OF ALL TIME! This recipe is my modification between the classic kamikaze drink and The Wynn Encore, Las Vegas Basil Lime Gimlet. Note: You do NOT have to put the basil in this at all. See the substitution ideas in the section below. Kamikaze Drink YIELD: 1 Martini Glass Ingredients: * 2 oz. vodka * 1 oz. freshly squeezed and strained lime juice * 1 oz. simple syrup ( see below if you are stumped on this) * 4-6 fresh basil leaves ( see below ) Procedure * Gently score (run a knife through the basil leaves) * Add the basil leaves to the lime juice) * Strain both the lime juice and the basil into a shaker ( see below ) * Add the remaining ingredients. * Fill shaker 2/3 full of cubed ice, cover, and shake well to chill. * Strain into a chilled martini/cocktail glass. Garnish: A fresh basil leaf What is simple syrup? Simple answer - water and sugar. Make it yourself! Combine equal parts of boiling water and white sugar. (Let it cool before you make your drink!) Is dried basil okay? Nope - you will banned from the alcohol cabinet forever! Can I leave the basil out? Sure! It just wouldn't be an Italian drink - just a classic kamikaze. What is "score" the basil? You want the flavor of the basil, but very few pieces of it floating in your drink. Scoring is running a knife through them - getting the oils to release / But you're not chopping them. You can see little flecks in my drink. But not chunks. Is bottled lime juice okay? No! No! No! What kind of vodka works best? For this kamikaze drink there is only one rule. Don't get a flavored vodka! Encore recommends Ketel one. I just used shelf in mine. And I'm still in heaven! Got extra basil? No problem. You can use it in TONS of things. Check out my friend Alison's blog - she has a great recipes for: making pesto. AND for Pesto Paninis with Provolone and Peppers. Back to the top of the kamikaze drink recipe. Click here to see the Italian drinks page. Italian Drinks Amaretto Coffee Amaretto Sour Drink Recipe Amaretto Stone Sour Recipe Amaretto Vodka Peach Schnapps Amaretto Tea Arnold Palmer Recipe Basil Martini Bellini Recipe Berry Sangria Best Sangria Recipe Blue Lagoon Drink Blue Martini Recipe Cafe Amaretto Espresso Drink Recipe Espresso Martini Recipe Harvey Wallbanger Recipe How To Make Sangria Kahlua And Cream Recipe Kamikaze Drink Italian Margarita Recipe Limoncello Recipe Liqueur Names Manhattan Drink Recipe Peach Sangria Rob Roy Recipe Soco Amaretto Lime Sour Apple Martini Recipe Watermelon Margarita Recipe Wedding Cake Martini White Chocolate Martini Recipe White Sangria Recipe I love sugar and I eat dessert EVERYDAY! Ok, not MASSIVE amounts. But I do have to finish off the evening meal with a little sweet something. When I was a kid my health conscience mother would ration my Halloween candy. Her mantra was, "white sugar will kill you". But my Italian grandma always told me, "Everybody needs a little bit of sugar." :-) So, to get my October Halloween sugar fix I will make the traditional Italian cookie recipe, Venetian Bones of the Dead. Italians make these for the Day of the Dead on November 2nd. So - hey, our holiday in America - Halloween is the closest. So - while the neighborhood is slamming down a bunch of gross mass produced candy on October 31st, I'll have a real goodie. Oh yeah, I'll have to post it too! (Eventually!) You know how it is. Work. Kids. Clean. Cook. I'll see if Bones Of The Dead is in my grandma's first recipe file she started when she married in 1932. Most of the recipes on my site came from her influence. If they aren't in her file - then I got them from her friends. And the remainder I experimented with adapting her style. I hope she looks down and smiles this Halloween. Lisa Would you like to share this page? You know how to do it! Thanks for sharing the sugar love! Contact Me Privacy Policy About
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