Martini Drink Recipe
Martini drink recipe | Martini drink recipe Cooking Video
Historically, ordering a martini without clarifying your choice of spirit means you're going to get gin. If you perfer a vodka martini, go ahead and order it that way -- and consider skipping the vermouth altogether.
INGREDIENTS
- Sugar for rimming glass
- Lemon wedge
- 1/4 cup lemon-flavored vodka
- 3 tablespoons bottled sweet-and-sour mix
- 2 tablespoons Cointreau (French orange liqueur)
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
METHOD
- Pour some sugar onto a small plate.
- Rub the rim of the martini glass with the cut edge of the lemon wedge.
- Turn the glass upside down and twist the rim lightly in the sugar.
- Pour the vodka, sweet-and-sour mix, Cointreau, and lemon juice into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake.
- Strain the chilled mixture into the glass, leaving the ice in the shaker.
