Basil Simple Syrup

Basil Simple syrup is a wonderful sweet addition to drinks, cocktails, and desserts. This floral basil syrup is delicious and so easy to make.

Why You Will Love This Simple Syrup

Making a basil simple syrup is very easy. It involves adding equal parts water and sugar in a saucepan and heating it until the sugar dissolves.

This makes a beautiful homemade sweetener that you can enjoy anytime. We make so many batches of this basil syrup in the Summer to use in so many recipes.

The only additional step when making basil syrup versus regular simple syrup is adding the basil to the pot and letting it steep until it cools. Minimal effort for a really big flavor.

Let me show you how easy it is to make!

The ingredients you will need

There are only three ingredients to make this simple syrup. Here is what you need:

• Water. Any type of water is fine as long as you drink it plain 🙂
• Sugar. Granulated sugar is what you need. I prefer to use less processed sugar or unbleached granulated sugar. This will give a slight yellow hue to the syrup but it will not show through in your drinks.
• Fresh basil leaves. It is important that you use fresh basil for this recipe. Any variety of fresh basil will work well. Thai basil, Italian basil, purple basil, etc.

How to make basil syrup

• Warm sugar and water until the sugar dissolves.
• Remove from the heat, add your fresh basil leaves then place a lid over top.
• When cooled, remove basil leaves then pour your syrup into a container, and use right away or refrigerate.

Recipe Tips

• When making this, you are going to essentially steep your basil in the warm just off of the stove syrup. The longer you let the basil steep, the more basil flavor you are going to have so do not rush it.
• This recipe requires a little planning ahead but as I mentioned, it will last a long time. This is a great excuse to double the recipe and have lots of extra simple syrup on hand for later use.

Storing

Simple syrups will last for a long time in your refrigerator. The little work that you go through in making it will not go to waste and you will thank yourself later on when you need it.

You can store it in the fridge covered for up to a month.

How To Use Basil Syrup

Here are some of our favorite recipes using this basil syrup:

• Italian Mocktail. We love adding a splash to this easy Italian Mocktail to really elevate the flavors.
• Aperol Soda. This recipe calls for regular simple syrup but you better believe we use basil simple syrup when we have it.
• We love making a basil lemonade with it!

More simple syrup recipes

In addition to this basil simple syrup, I love making cherry simple syrup, strawberry simple syrup, pear simple syrup, honey simple syrup, and lavender simple syrup. and even a blackberry simple syrup.