Name: Three dashes & a dot cocktail
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 4 strawberries, trimmed; 4 basil leaves, plus a sprig to garnish; 45 millilitre sailor jerry spiced rum; 15 millilitre balsamic vinegar; 20 millilitre sugar syrup (1:1 mixture of water and sugar); 3 dashes angostura bitters; ice; ginger beer

Three dashes & a dot cocktail

Lauren Matthews of The Kitchen Collective and Kate Rose of Mea Culpa share a cocktail recipe for a stylish Christmas soirée. Photography by Lauren Matthews.

Ingredients

4 strawberries, trimmed

4 basil leaves, plus a sprig to garnish

45 millilitre sailor jerry spiced rum

15 millilitre balsamic vinegar

20 millilitre sugar syrup (1:1 mixture of water and sugar)

3 dashes angostura bitters

ice

ginger beer

Method

1.Muddle strawberries and basil in the bottom of a shaker. Add rum, vinegar, sugar syrup, bitters and a small pinch ground black pepper and shake with ice.

2.Double strain, using a Hawthorne strainer and a fine mesh strainer, over fresh ice into a highball glass.

3.Top up with ginger beer and garnish with basil sprig.

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