Ingredients
For Each 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
For Lemongrass Gin
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
Directions
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.
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