A perfect Spring cocktail, warming whiskey mixed with bright sour citrus, sweet honey, bitters, basil, and my secret ingredient, egg whites! Cozy up to a fire with this guy and you won't be disappointed.
Ingredients
2 basil leaves (more for garnish)
2 tsp (one generous squirt) of honey
4 shakes angostura bitters
2 orange peel slices (more for garnish)
2 lemon peel slices
2 shots Whiskey or Bourbon
juice of ½ lemon
juice of 1 orange (or ½ cup orange juice)
1 egg white (optional)
Ice
Directions
Pack a highball glass with ice. In a cocktail shaker, add the basil leaves, lemon peels orange peels, honey and bitters. Using a muddler, crush the basil leaves and peels into the honey and bitters for about 10 seconds to get the flavor out of the peels.
Add in the whiskey or bourbon, lemon juice, orange juice, egg white if using, and a generous scoop of ice (separate from the ice in your glass). Shake for about 10-15 seconds until the drink is full mixed (if you're using egg white it will be kind of frothy too).
Strain the drink over ice into the glass. Top with additional orange juice if glass isn't full. Garnish with orange peels or basil leaves.
Notes
This recipe makes one drink, I don't recommend making more than one at a time as you need to really muddle and shake this one for all the flavors to get into the drink. It's worth the one at a time effort I promise.
Recipe by Almost Like Mom's at https://www.almostlikemoms.com/whiskey-basil-citrus-smash/