Lemon Vanilla Mint Martini

Submitted by Pepper Monkey

"A decadent combination for a dessert martini."

 

• Ready In: 6mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: drink
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 1⁄2 lemon
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup ice
• 3 ounces vanilla vodka
• mint leaf (to garnish)
• sugar (to garnish)

directions

1. combind lemon, two tbs sugar, vodka, and juice of 1/2 lemon in a shaker.
2. Shake 30 seconds until very cold to touch.
3. rim martini glass with remaining lemon and dip in sugar to rim glass.
4. pour beverage into martini glass and serve with a sprig of mint leaves.

Reviews

[Mandy]

Very nice but very strong for those of us who are not big vodka drinkers, definitely warms the gills. Fantastic refreshing drink.

 

[AmandaInOz]

I love vanilla vodka and am always looking for new drink recipes in which to enjoy it. This was fantastic! I did muddle the mint leaves with the sugar for more of a minty taste as per the previous review, and I will continue to do so in the future (in about 5 minutes :)). Thanks!

 

[rosslare]

Beautiful! I ended up having 1 oz lemon juice from a medium 1/2 lemon, which was perfect. These are sweet, but not overly so. I also muddled the mint with sugar to start with, just to get some more aroma infused to the drink.