Your summer drink has arrived
Check out the kick ass martini I just invented. Cool, refreshing, and chock-full of antioxidants, so really it's a wash.
Kick ass ginger martini (serves 4)
juice of 1 fresh lemon
2-3 tsp finely chopped fresh ginger (watch out, it has a kick)
6 oz. very awesome vodka (I recommend Belvedere)
2 oz vanilla vodka (Stoli Vanil or similar)
2-3 tablespoons simple syrup*
a crapload of ice
Pour the vodkas, lemon juice, and syrup over the ice in a cocktail shaker. Put the ginger in a garlic press and squeeze the gingery juices into the shaker too. Shake the hell out of it until the shaker frosts. Pour into four chilled martini glasses. You could probably also do fancy things with lemon peels and candied ginger...
*Plain sugar syrup. Either buy it somewhere, or make it by boiling 1 part sugar and 2 parts water together until it reaches a syrupy consistency. You can keep it in the fridge in a jar or tupperware--make a bunch because it also comes in handy for mint juleps and other summer drinks.
Kick ass ginger martini (serves 4)
juice of 1 fresh lemon
2-3 tsp finely chopped fresh ginger (watch out, it has a kick)
6 oz. very awesome vodka (I recommend Belvedere)
2 oz vanilla vodka (Stoli Vanil or similar)
2-3 tablespoons simple syrup*
a crapload of ice
Pour the vodkas, lemon juice, and syrup over the ice in a cocktail shaker. Put the ginger in a garlic press and squeeze the gingery juices into the shaker too. Shake the hell out of it until the shaker frosts. Pour into four chilled martini glasses. You could probably also do fancy things with lemon peels and candied ginger...
*Plain sugar syrup. Either buy it somewhere, or make it by boiling 1 part sugar and 2 parts water together until it reaches a syrupy consistency. You can keep it in the fridge in a jar or tupperware--make a bunch because it also comes in handy for mint juleps and other summer drinks.
Labels: alcohol, foodie life
posted by Waage on Saturday, May 27, 2006
1 Comments:
If you are taking suggestions for favored summer drinks:
Traditional French Sidecar:
1 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice,
1 oz Cointreau,
1 oz decent cognac (better than Hennesey)
Fill the shaker with ice, pour in the ingredients, and shake till it frosts. Serve in a frosted martini glass. Best drunk at a secluded spot on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. But be warned, as I was warned when taught this drink: do not ever make this drink for someone you are not prepared to sleep with. Caveat emptor.
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