Screaming Greenie

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 2 ounces vodka
• ½ ounce absinthe
• ½ ounce fresh lemon juice
• 1 cup ice
• 9 leaves fresh Italian basil
• Lemon wheel

1 drink

Preparation

1. Make a simple syrup: Over medium burner, add the sugar to 1 cup of water and heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Cool. (Unused syrup can be refrigerated for 2 weeks.)
2. In a blender, mix 1 3/4 ounces of the syrup with the vodka, absinthe, lemon juice, ice and 8 basil leaves until smooth. Pour into tall glass. Garnish with remaining basil leaf and lemon wheel.