Basil Mule

Ingredients

• 2oz. Vodka
• 1/2oz. Fresh lime juice
• 1/4oz. Agave nectar
• 3oz. Ginger beer
• Basil leaf

Additives

• Calcium salts 1 gm
• Sodium alginate 2 gm

Steps

1. In a pint glass muddle half a lime, 2 large basil leaves and agave nectar add ice and vodka (shake) strain into glass bowl and add ginger beer. 2. Add calcium salts into mix, let stand in the fridge for 20 mins. then freeze. 3. Make sodium alginate bath by blending 5g of sodium alginate into one litre of cold water. My preferred way of doing this is with an immersion blender (hand blender) in a plastic rectangular tub where the liquid will sit about 10cm deep (but you could blend in a food processor or similar).

Sprinkle the sodium alginate into the water and moving the blender around blend for about 2 minuits until you have a nice smooth solution. Let this solution settle in the fridge for at least 30 minuits to allow air to escape from the solution (it will appear clearer when settled).