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Basil-Fennel Soda

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Nonalcoholic cocktail made with lemon basil syrup and fennel in collins glasses.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Drew Aichele

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    3 minutes

  • Yield

    Makes 1 soft cocktail

Ingredients

1½ oz. fresh lemon juice
½ oz. fresh lime juice
Club soda
Fennel fronds, for garnish

Preparation

  1. In a cocktail shaker, shake 1½ oz. Basil-Fennel Syrup, 1½ oz. fresh lemon juice, and ½ oz. fresh lime juice with ice. Strain into a highball over crushed ice. Top with club soda and garnish with fennel fronds.

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