Name: Lemon Drop Martini · Cocktail recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 45 ml Vodka; 20 ml Triple Sec; 20 ml lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup; Ice; Sugared rim; Lemon twist

Drink type Servings

Measurement system

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Lemon Drop Martini

Description

There is a useful confidence to Lemon Drop Martini. The recipe combines Vodka, Triple Sec, lemon juice, and Sugar syrup. Fresh acidity gives the drink its shape, while sweeter and aromatic ingredients round the edges rather than masking the base.

Serve it very cold as a first drink, a weekend cocktail or a lively round with friends. Taste before serving and make small adjustments; balance is easier to preserve that way.

Ingredients

45 ml Vodka
20 ml Triple Sec
20 ml lemon juice
10 ml Sugar syrup
Ice
Sugared rim
Lemon twist

Equipment needed

Bar Spoon – Used to stir the drink smoothly with ice before serving. Muddler – Useful for gently pressing herbs, fruit or sugar when building the drink.

Instructions

Add the vodka, orange liqueur, fresh lemon juice and syrup to a shaker with ice.
Shake hard until very cold.
Fine strain into a chilled, sugar-rimmed cocktail glass.
Garnish with a lemon twist.