My Favorite Lemon Drop Martini Cocktail
Recipe: #34975
May 25, 2020
Categories: Beverages, Alcohol, North American, No-Cook, Valentine's Day, , more
"I love a good lemon drop martini; one of my favorite cocktails, especially when made with fresh-squeezed lemons which beats using a mix any day."
Original is 1 serving
Ingredients
- Rim Lemon Sugar (for sugaring the rims of the glasses)
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- Lemon Drop Martini
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (441.7 g)
- Calories 607.4
- Total Fat - 0.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.1 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 153.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 135.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 8.1 g
- Sugars - 107.3 g
- Protein - 3.6 g
- Calcium - 63 mg
- Iron - 1.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 128.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Rim Lemon Sugar
Step 1
Place sugar into a wide enough plate to fit the rim of your martini glass, then evenly distribute the zest into the sugar with your fingers until tinted yellow and fragrant.
Lemon Drop Martini Method
Step 2
Rub the edge of the rim of your martini glass (best when the glass has been chilled) with a slice of lemon, making sure it is well moistened. Turn the glass upside down and twist into the lemon sugar until the rim is well covered; set aside.
Step 3
Into a cocktail shaker, add vodka, Cointreau (or Triple Sec), lemon juice, simple syrup, and a handful of ice to a cocktail shaker. Shake for 30 seconds or until very cold. Strain into the prepared martini glass, top with a slice of lemon directly onto the top of the martini and serve immediately. Enjoy!
NOTE: Sometimes I add 1 1/2 oz. of vodka to make it a wee bit less robust, but it's all up to you and sometimes depends on the brand of vodka using.
Tips
No special items needed.
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