Lemon Drop Martini

I love a martini,
but two at the most.
Three I’m under the table;
four, I’m under the host.
                                      - Dorothy Parker

Lemon Drop Martinis are fun to make and more fun to drink.

The classic Lemon Drop Martini (recipe below) is a very sour and very strong concoction meant to be sipped. Do not mistake it for a margarita style drink or you'll be sorry.

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Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 ounces Vodka
  • 1/2 ounce Triple Sec
  • 1 teaspoon Sugar
  • 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed Lemon Juice
  • Ice cubes
  • Superfine sugar for dipping the glass
  • Twisted peel of Lemon or sliced Lemon for garnish

Directions
  1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and all the ingredients.
  2. Shake vigorously for 20 to 30 seconds.
  3. Pour the mixture, with ice, into a glass that has been dipped in sugar.
  4. Add a twisted lemon peel or lemon wheel to garnish if desired.

Oprah Winfrey loves Martinis. On her show, Oprah's Gardens: A Private Tour, she included this wonderfully refreshing variation of the Lemon Drop. 

 

 Legend's Lemon Drop Martini

Ingredients
  • The juice of 6 Lemons
  • 4 tablespoons Sugar
  • 6 fresh Mint Leaves
  • 4 shots of Vodka
  • Ice in shaker
  • A Sugar-rimmed Martini glass

Directions
  1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and all the ingredients except mint.
  2. Shake vigorously for 20 to 30 seconds.
  3. Pour the mixture, with ice, into a glass that has been dipped in sugar.
  4. Garnish with the mint.

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