recipe 
yields
1 cocktail
1 teaspoon superfine sugar
½ ounce lime juice
2 ounces lemongrass gin (recipe follows)
1 (3-inch-long) splint lemongrass for garnish
Thin slices lemon for garnish
1 (750-ml) bottle London dry gin
such as Beefeater
1 long stalk lemongrass
dry outer layer removed
bruised
Sprigs of “lemony” herbs such as savory and lemon verbena
About 4 inches lemon or grapefruit peel
For Each Cocktail
For Lemongrass Gin
steps
For each cocktail
Add sugar to a mixing glass and fill with ice. Pour lime juice and gin over ice and stir well. Strain into a rocks glass with a large ice cube in it. Add lemongrass and lemon and serve.
Lemongrass Gin
Using a chopstick or a knitting needle as a guide, stuff lemongrass, herbs, and citrus peel down the neck of the gin bottle. Seal and let stand a week or more until the gin has a turbo lemon-botanical flavor.
Date Published: 04.01.13
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- Recipe from Matt and Ted Lee, Charleston, South Carolina
