THE COCKTAIL: LA BEDDA

Combining the flavours of basil, lemon

and pistachio, La Bedda – meaning ‘beautiful’ in Sicilian – is a fresh, zingy

and summery cocktail.

INGREDIENTS Serves three

75ml sugar syrup

15g finely ground pistachios

10g basil

75ml lemon juice

150ml gin (we use O’ndina gin as it is infused with Sicilian lemons)

Ice cubes

Tonic water

METHOD

Prepare three tall serving glasses by dipping the rim into the sugar syrup, then

the finely ground pistachios.

Mix the torn basil leaves, lemon juice and sugar syrup together in a cocktail maker. Add ice cubes and the gin and shake well. Pour into the glasses with more ice, top with tonic water and a basil leaf. Salute!