Lemon Drop Martini
Lemon Drop Martini
Bright, clear, lightly sweet, and impeccably clean-tasting, a good lemon drop cocktail — or lemon drop martini — should make you feel like you’re sipping up the shiniest parts of summer.
Servings
1
Ingredients
- 1 ½ ounce vodka
- ¾ ounce lemon juice (about one whole lemon)
- ½ ounce triple sec
- lemon round for garnish
- superfine sugar for the rim
Directions
- Step 1: Run a fresh-cut lemon wedge around the edge of a cocktail class, then dip the rim of the glass in sugar. Make sure all edges of the glass are well coated.
- Step 2: In a cocktail shaker, combine 1 1/2 ounces vodka, 3/4 ounce lemon juice and 1/2 ounce triple sec with a scoop of ice. Shake until cold.
- Step 3: Strain into prepared glass, then garnish with lemon round.