Lavender Lemon Drop Vodka Martini
This luscious lavender lemon drop martini recipe combines floral notes with citrus zing. It's perfect for your next cocktail gathering or to welcome in the springtime.
Servings: 6 cocktails
Equipment
- Saucepan Small
Ingredients
For the Lavender Simple Syrup:
- 1 Cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 Cup water
- 2 Tablespoons lavender culinary standard
For the Lemon Sugar Rim:
- 1/4 Cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 Tablespoon lemon zest from 1 lemon
- lemon wedge or lemon juice
For the Cocktail:
- ice
- 2 Ounces vodka such as Western Son Original Vodka
- 1/2 Ounce triple sec such as DeKuyper Triple Sec
- 1 1/2 Ounce lemon juice freshly squeezed
- 1 Ounce lavender syrup recipe above
Instructions
Make the Lavender Simple Syrup:
- To a small saucepan, add sugar, lavender buds, and water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Stir until sugar is completely dissolved. Reduce heat to medium-low and allow to simmer for 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Allow lavender buds to steep in syrup for 30 minutes. Strain the liquid, removing and discarding the buds.
Add the Lemon Sugar Rim:
- On a shallow plate, mix together sugar and lemon zest.
- Dip the rim of your glass into lemon juice or swipe a lemon wedge around the rim of your glass. Holding it at a 45-degree angle, dip the dampened rim of the glass into the prepared lemon-sugar, rotating it until the sugar covers the entire rim.
For the Lavender Lemon Drop:
- Fill a cocktail shaker about halfway with ice. Add vodka, triple sec, lemon juice, and lavender syrup. Shake to combine until the shaker feels ice cold (10 to 20 seconds). Pour into rimmed glass. Garnish with a lavender sprig and/or a lemon wheel, if desired.
Notes
Make ahead: If you mix everything except the ice together ahead of time, you can keep the mixture for up to 2 days. Keep it refrigerated and in an airtight container. Give it a good shake before serving it though.
Make it lavender colored: Stir in 2 drops of blue and 1 drop of purple food coloring to your syrup after the buds have been strained and removed. For a natural colorant, you can even add a few blueberries to the boiling syrup. Simply allow the berries to burst in the saucepan and strain out the skins along with the lavender buds.
Use freshly squeezed lemon juice: You'll find fresh lemon juice gives this cocktail a fresh flavor, and you can add some lemon peel or a lemon twist as a garnish if you have fresh lemons.
Make it lavender colored: Stir in 2 drops of blue and 1 drop of purple food coloring to your syrup after the buds have been strained and removed. For a natural colorant, you can even add a few blueberries to the boiling syrup. Simply allow the berries to burst in the saucepan and strain out the skins along with the lavender buds.
Use freshly squeezed lemon juice: You'll find fresh lemon juice gives this cocktail a fresh flavor, and you can add some lemon peel or a lemon twist as a garnish if you have fresh lemons.
Nutrition
Calories: 415kcal | Carbohydrates: 67g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 11mg | Potassium: 62mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 59g | Vitamin A: 4IU | Vitamin C: 20mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg
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