Garden Variety Recipe – Sunset Magazine

Ingredients

• Fig Gastrique:
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 to 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
• 1/4 cup sugarcane rum, like Mount Gay
• 8 fresh figs, quartered
• Cocktail:
• 10 basil leaves, divided
• 3 strawberries, hulled and quartered, divided
• 1/4 cup fig gastrique
• 1/2 cup sugarcane rum, such as Mt. Gay
• 2 tablespoons Cointreau
• About 1/4 tsp. Angostura bitters
• Club soda to taste