Screaming Greenie

• 1 cup sugar
• 2 ounces vodka
• 1/2 ounce absinthe
• 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 1 cup ice
• 9 leaves fresh Italian basil
• Lemon wheel

1. Make a simple syrup: Over medium burner, add the sugar to 1 cup of water and heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
2. Cool.
3. (Unused syrup can be refrigerated for 2 weeks.)
4. In a blender, mix 1 3/4 ounces of the syrup with the vodka, absinthe, lemon juice, ice and 8 basil leaves until smooth.
5. Pour into tall glass.
6. Garnish with remaining basil leaf and lemon wheel.

sugar, vodka, absinthe, lemon juice, italian basil, lemon wheel

Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1014870 (may not work)