Lemon Martini

Feel like a master bartender at home with this easy martini recipe. Lemon Simple syrup is the perfect balance of lemony sweet and sour. Bright and refreshing this martini shines brightly a hint of vanilla A cocktail guaranteed to be a hit at your next happy hour!

Ingredients

• 30 ml Lemon simple syrup
• 45ml Vodka
• 30 ml Lemon juice
• 5 ml Vanilla essence
• Ice cubes
• Sugar

Equipment:

• Peeler
• Jigger
• Cocktail shaker
• Plate
• Martini glass

Serves: one

Directions

• Place martini glass in freezer or add ice blocks to cool the glass
• Slice a lemon round from center before juicing
• Half fill cocktail shaker with ice blocks
• Add liquid ingredients into cocktail shaker and shake for 10 seconds
• Remove ice from cold martini glass
• Pour martini mixture into ice cold martini glass
• Add a slice of lemon and short straw to serve.

Keen to experiment? Try sugar crusting the martini glass

• Add a sprinkling of sugar on a plate
• Remove ice from cold martini glass
• Wet rim of martini glass with left over lemon juice
• Turn glass up side down and dip martini glass into sugar to form a crust on the rim