Muddled Basil Martini - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 ounces vodka or 2 ounces gin
1 ounce agave nectar or 1 ounce simple syrup
4 sweet basil, fresh
2 mint leaves, fresh
juice of one lime

Preparation

Muddle the basil, simple syrup and lime juice together. Add gin or vodka. Combine in a cocktail shaker with loads of ice. Shake until there are shards of ice and the mix turns frothy. Strain.
Original recipe reads: 2 1/2 jiggers of vodka or gin. 1 jigger simple syrup. 1 jigger fresh squeezed lime juice. 4 fresh sweet basil leaves. 1 fresh spearmint leaf (or to taste).