Add vodka once the lemonade is done and serve over ice. I start with 4 cups and then taste to adjust if I need to add more or not. How much water you use it up to you for how sweet or tart you like your lemonade. James is ordering a weak martini and being snooty about it." Combine fresh squeezed lemon juice, simple syrup, and water together. The reason you stir it with a special spoon is so not to chip the ice. He explains: "Shaken, not stirred, will get you cold water with a dash of gin and dry vermouth.
#Vodka with lemon series#
The phrase first appears, yet without the specification for "vodka", in the fourth book of the Bond novel series by Ian Fleming in Diamonds Are Forever (1956), but the Bond character is not the one that says it.The fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond is famously known for ordering a "vodka martini, shaken, not stirred".This is mixed with Passoã and passion-fruit juice, before being served in a martini glass, accompanied by a shot glass filled with prosecco. Ī " Porn Star Martini" traditionally uses vanilla flavoured vodka. When you pour the ingredients into the recipe and follow the recipe step by step then you are more likely to come up with a really good product. By shaking a fresh espresso shot it creates a hard layer of cream which is garnished with three coffee beans in the centre. A vodka mix that has been carefully structured is going to be a much better product than one that was simply mixed up without any type of garnish or other interesting ingredients. Many variations exist, but most involve shaking an espresso shot with the ingredients and served in a chilled martini glass. It is popular in restaurants as a dessert. There is some debate as to whether or not these are true martini.Īn " Espresso Martini" is made with vodka, espresso coffee, coffee liqueur, and sugar syrup. For a super chilly drink, you can opt to chill your martini glasses for 15 – 20 minutes prior to mixing your drink.Variations on a vodka martini exist, usually by adding further ingredients to the cocktail. Pour chilled vodka mixture into a martini glass and garnish with a lemon twist or slice. Optionally, add a small squeeze of lemon to the shaker before shaking. Add vodka and vermouth, then shake until the shaker is super cold to the touch.
Cheers!įill a cocktail shaker to the top with ice. Do with this information what you will, but herewith I present you with one very ladylike vodka martini with a twist. If you’re new to true martinis (as in, not the kind loaded with chocolate and syrups and sweet liqueurs) beware that they are surely meant for sipping lest you want to fall down after just one drink. As it turns out, I also love a good gin martini, dirty with lots of olives. I like mine shaken so it’s super cold with a twist. So today, I’m sharing my version of a pretty perfect vodka martini. Think martinis, Manhattns, Old Fashioneds, Negronis and the like. In addition to keeping the bar stocked, over the last couple of years I’ve taken to wanting to perfect my hand at some of the classic cocktail recipes that were probably a bit too sophisticated for my youth. Generally speaking if you keep a good array of spirits and mixers around, you’ll be able to do that or at least come up with a close second. The primary of those reasons, far and away, is because I really love being able to mix a guest’s drink of choice on a whim. As a rule I like to keep a well stocked bar at our house at all times for a few different reasons. Make a classic vodka sour by mixing a shot of vodka with a similar amount of freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice, or a combination of both, sweetened with a little simple syrup, sugar or honey.
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