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A Lemon Drop Martini Recipe ...A Lemon Drop Shot Recipe
Favorite Restaurant Drink Recipe
Apparently a California bar introduced the Lemon Drop Martini Recipe in the 1970's trying to
market themselves to "California Girls." The drink is now a favorite on the entire West Coast.
Lemon Drop Martini Recipe #1
A Favorite Restaurant Drink Recipe
Preparation time: 5 minutes. Serves 1.
You can serve this cocktail with ice as described or "up" (without ice as pictured)
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Ingredients:
1 1/4 ounces vodka
1/2 ounce Triple Sec
1 teaspoon sugar
3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
Ice, crushed
Twisted peel of lemon
Instructions:
Pour all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice and shake very, very well
Pour the mixture into a sugar-rimmed martini glass
Garnish with a twisted lemon peel
To make a sugar-rimmed glass, rub the drinking surface of the glass with a lemon wedge to
moisten and dip the edge of the glass into sugar or chill your martini glass first and then dip the
edge into the sugar.
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