Lemon Drop Martini
Lemon drop martinis at home — the classic Lemondrop, Limoncello Martini, Pineapple Lemon Drop, Honey Lemon Drop — for a cold, tart drink after a long day.
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Got this recipe from a friend who works in a fancy cocktail bar! She told me that when making martinis, shake em if they’re vodka and stir em if they’re gin!!
Sabrina ZancoIngredients
- 2 oz Vodka
- 1 oz Triple sec
- 1 oz FRESH lemon juice
- 1/2 oz Simple syrup
- ~1/4 cup Sugar
Instructions
- 1Rim your glass with sugar.
- 2Into a shaker, add your vodka, triple sec, lemon juice, and simple syrup.
- 3Shake!!
- 4Strain into your glass and enjoy!!!
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A lemon drop is about as simple as a drink gets, and that's why it's easy to get wrong. Fresh lemon juice, good vodka, a little sweetness, and enough shaking to get it truly cold.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these when friends are coming over on short notice, or when dinner's done and they want one nice thing that takes two minutes to make.
Every recipe here starts from that same base and goes somewhere: the Lemondrop Martini done straight, a Limoncello Martini, a Pineapple Lemon Drop, a Honey Lemon Drop Martini, a White Chocolate Lemon Drop for dessert, and a Non-Alcoholic Blueberry Lemon Drop so nobody sits out.
Quick Tips
- 1
Squeeze the lemons yourself
Bottled juice tastes flat and a little bitter here. One medium lemon gives you about 2 tablespoons, so plan on one lemon per drink.
- 2
Shake it a full 15 seconds
Fill the shaker two-thirds with ice and shake hard until the outside frosts over, about 15 seconds. That chill and dilution is half the drink.
- 3
Sugar the rim first
Run a lemon wedge around the rim, then roll the outside edge in sugar on a small plate. Do it before you pour so no sugar falls in.
- 4
Chill the glasses
Set your glasses in the freezer for 10 minutes, or fill them with ice water while you mix, then dump and pour.
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