Basil Iced Tea Food

STRAWBERRY-BASIL ICED TEA

Steps:

• 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.

RASPBERRY BASIL ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 8 cups water to a boil. Add the raspberries, sugar, tea bags and basil. Turn off the heat and steep 5 to 10 minutes. Strain and let cool, then combine with the lime juice in a large pitcher. Refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour. Serve in Raspberry Ice-filled glasses, garnished with fresh basil leaves.
• Add 3 raspberries to each ice cube slot in an ice-cube tray. Fill with water and freeze until solid, 6 to 8 hours.

BLUEBERRY-BASIL ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups water to a boil with 1 cup each blueberries and fresh basil and 5 tablespoons sugar; stir to dissolve the sugar. Let cool 5 minutes. Add 12 white tea bags and steep 5 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a pitcher, gently pressing on the solids. Stir in 3 cups cold water. Chill. Serve over ice with blueberries and basil sprigs.

THREE-HERB ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 3 cups of water to a boil. In a glass measuring cup or teapot, pour water over mint and basil. Let cool, then strain into ice-filled glasses. Sweeten with syrup to taste.

STRAWBERRY BASIL ICED TEA

Steps:

• Brew tea for 5 to 8 minutes in 4 of boiling water (off heat).
• Remove the tea bags.
• Separately boil1 cup of water and add sugar and 1 cup of basil leaves, brew covered (off heat) for 10 minutes.
• Remove the basil and add chopped strawberries and let it chill in the fridge.
• Add the basil strawberry syrup to the cool or cold brewed tea.
• Serve in glasses with ice and enjoy!.

BLACKBERRY BASIL ICED TEA

Steps:

• Combine tea bags, blackberries, and basil in a tea pot. Mash the blackberries a little. Fill with boiling hot water and steep for 5 minutes. Pour and strain into ice-filled pitcher. Add lemonade and honey as desired. Fill individual glasses with ice and serve.

LEMON BASIL TEA

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil. Remove from the heat. Add the basil, lemon zest and tea leaves; cover and steep for 4 minutes. Strain, discarding basil, zest and tea leaves. Serve immediately.

PEACH BASIL ICED TEA

Steps:

• Put tea bags and basil in a quart-size glass measure or heatproof bowl.
• In a saucepan bring water just to a boil and pour over tea bags. Steep tea 5 minutes and strain through a sieve into a heatproof pitcher. Cool tea and chill, covered, until cold, about 1 hour.
• Stir in nectar and syrup. Serve tea over ice in tall glasses and garnish with peach slices and basil sprigs.
• To make simple syrup:
• In a saucepan bring sugar and water to a boil, stirring, and boil until sugar is completely dissolved. Let syrup cool and chill, covered. Syrup may be made 2 weeks ahead and chilled, covered. Makes about 2 cups.

BELLA BASIL RASPBERRY TEA

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the raspberries, sugar, basil and lime juice. Mash berries. Cook over medium heat until berries release juices, 7 minutes., Remove from the heat; add tea bags. Cover and steep for 20 minutes. Strain, discarding tea bags and raspberry seeds. Transfer tea to a 2-qt. pitcher. Cover and refrigerate until serving., Just before serving, slowly add carbonated water or wine. Serve over ice. If desired, top with raspberries and basil.