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Gallery Strawberry-Basil Iced Tea Credit: Simon Watson Recipe Summary Servings: 8 Yield: Makes 2 quarts
Ingredients Ingredient Checklist 8 black-tea bags 1 pound strawberries, hulled and halved (quartered if large) 1 cup water, plus more for steeping 3/4 cup sugar 1 cup fresh basil, plus more for serving Ice, for serving
Gallery Strawberry-Basil Iced Tea Credit: Simon Watson
Recipe Summary Servings: 8 Yield: Makes 2 quarts
Gallery
Strawberry-Basil Iced Tea Credit: Simon Watson
Strawberry-Basil Iced Tea
Credit: Simon Watson
Strawberry-Basil Iced Tea
Recipe Summary Servings: 8 Yield: Makes 2 quarts
Recipe Summary
Servings: 8 Yield: Makes 2 quarts
Servings: 8
Yield: Makes 2 quarts
8
Makes 2 quarts
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 8 black-tea bags 1 pound strawberries, hulled and halved (quartered if large) 1 cup water, plus more for steeping 3/4 cup sugar 1 cup fresh basil, plus more for serving Ice, for serving
Directions
Bring 4 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add tea bags, and let steep for 5 minutes.
Place strawberries in a bowl. Bring water and sugar to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, add basil, and let steep for 10 minutes. Strain over strawberries; discard basil. Toss to coat. Let stand until cool, about 25 minutes. Combine strawberries (with syrup) and tea in a pitcher. Refrigerate until chilled. Serve over ice, and garnish with basil.
Reviews (6)
Add Rating & Review 48 Ratings 5 star values: 12 4 star values: 16 3 star values: 13 2 star values: 7 1 star values: 0
Reviews (6)
Add Rating & Review 48 Ratings 5 star values: 12 4 star values: 16 3 star values: 13 2 star values: 7 1 star values: 0
Add Rating & Review
48 Ratings 5 star values: 12 4 star values: 16 3 star values: 13 2 star values: 7 1 star values: 0
48 Ratings 5 star values: 12 4 star values: 16 3 star values: 13 2 star values: 7 1 star values: 0
48 Ratings 5 star values: 12 4 star values: 16 3 star values: 13 2 star values: 7 1 star values: 0
5 star values: 12 4 star values: 16 3 star values: 13 2 star values: 7 1 star values: 0
Martha Stewart Member Rating: 2 stars 06/25/2019 I loved it all it was amazing!š¤©š¤© Martha Stewart Member Rating: 4 stars 05/06/2019 I ditched the ice cubes and used frozen strawberries. Serve with long handled teaspoons so you can eat the strawberries when the tea is gone. Yummy Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 09/13/2017 One thing I'm stumped about is.... so I put an entire pound of 'mushy' strawberries directly into the tea and pitcher? And they just sort of ...er...'float around' in the bottom of the pitcher looking all gross and with most of their color 'washed out'? I'm not sure I get why I'd want to do that? And will I be drinking bits of mushy strawberry in my tea? Why not just remove the strawberries entirely from the mix, and after they've steeped in the basil and hot sugar water? Martha Stewart Member Rating: 5 stars 08/01/2014 I had to write this review considering I've made it two days in a row and can't stop drinking it. I've been making this iced tea for several summers now and I've never had a guest not gush over it. The flavours are the perfect blend that compliment the tea. I specifically grow basil ever summer for the recipe and the basil never seems to grow fast enough for me to have this drink. The best part is eating the strawberries at the end. Make it, you won't be disappointed. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 10/01/2011 Firstly, I doubled the recipe. The recipe didn't seem like enough. Then I added two, thin slices of jalopeno pepper to each glass. Perfect touch: just a little zing. Do you know the Pepper Theory? Anita, of Anita's Cocina, in Wickenburg, AZ told it to me. "Eating a pepper is like taking a bullet. You never know what it's going to do. Same with peppers. Some are hot. Some aren't. Some are supposed to be hot, but they're not. Some aren't supposed to be hot, but they are. You just never know." Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 06/29/2010 I wasn't wowed by this really. I don't taste the strawberries at all. This is great if you like sweet tea, But I wish I had gotten some lemons to sour it up!Martha Stewart Member
Rating: 2 stars 06/25/2019
I loved it all it was amazing!š¤©š¤©
Rating: 2 stars
Rating: 4 stars 05/06/2019
I ditched the ice cubes and used frozen strawberries. Serve with long handled teaspoons so you can eat the strawberries when the tea is gone. Yummy
Rating: 4 stars
Rating: Unrated 09/13/2017
One thing I’m stumped about is…. so I put an entire pound of ‘mushy’ strawberries directly into the tea and pitcher? And they just sort of …er…‘float around’ in the bottom of the pitcher looking all gross and with most of their color ‘washed out’? I’m not sure I get why I’d want to do that? And will I be drinking bits of mushy strawberry in my tea? Why not just remove the strawberries entirely from the mix, and after they’ve steeped in the basil and hot sugar water?
Rating: Unrated
Rating: 5 stars 08/01/2014
I had to write this review considering I’ve made it two days in a row and can’t stop drinking it. I’ve been making this iced tea for several summers now and I’ve never had a guest not gush over it. The flavours are the perfect blend that compliment the tea. I specifically grow basil ever summer for the recipe and the basil never seems to grow fast enough for me to have this drink. The best part is eating the strawberries at the end. Make it, you won’t be disappointed.
Rating: 5 stars
Rating: Unrated 10/01/2011
Firstly, I doubled the recipe. The recipe didn’t seem like enough. Then I added two, thin slices of jalopeno pepper to each glass. Perfect touch: just a little zing. Do you know the Pepper Theory? Anita, of Anita’s Cocina, in Wickenburg, AZ told it to me. “Eating a pepper is like taking a bullet. You never know what it’s going to do. Same with peppers. Some are hot. Some aren’t. Some are supposed to be hot, but they’re not. Some aren’t supposed to be hot, but they are. You just never know.”
Rating: Unrated 06/29/2010
I wasn’t wowed by this really. I don’t taste the strawberries at all. This is great if you like sweet tea, But I wish I had gotten some lemons to sour it up!
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