Moisten the lip of four tall glasses, then crust the edges in garlic pepper. If you don’t have garlic pepper or don’t like pepper rimmed drinks, you can skip this step.
Put ice in each glass, and one whole basil leaf in each glass.
Put the vodka, tomato juice, Worcestershire, Tabasco and remaining ice in a nice pitcher. Rub the basil leaves together in your hands to release the oils, then roll up and slice finely in a Chiffonade. Add that to the pitcher and stir. Check for seasoning, adding more Tabasco or Worcestershire as needed.
Pour this into the tall glasses and serve. There should be more left in the pitcher for refills.
Notes
Quick notes
You can make this in a pitcher or individual tall glasses. The directions here are for a pitcher. This recipe is for six adults. If you have little ones at home, who would like to have some put the vodka directly into the glasses and not the pitcher.
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