Meyer Lemon Drop Cocktail
This Meyer lemon drop martini is a tasty cocktail any time of the year! It's the perfect combination of sweet and tart, made fancy with a lemon peel and sugared rim.
Servings: 1
Calories: 227kcal
Ingredients
- 2 oz vodka
- 1 oz fresh meyer lemon juice
- ½ oz Paula’s Texas Orange or orange liqueur
- ½ oz simple syrup
- granulated sugar for rim
Instructions
- Cut your lemon in half along the hemisphere for juicing, taking one of your lemon halves and running it around the rim of a martini glass.
- Gingerly dip the rim of the glass into your sugar until the rim is evenly coated.
- Add the vodka, lemon juice and simple syrup with some ice into a shaker. Now shake it. Shake, shake, shake-shake it for about 20 seconds.
- Strain into your glass and throw in some lemon peel for garnish.
Notes
If you can't find Meyer lemons (or just want to use regular lemons instead), you definitely can! The finished cocktail will be a little more tart and less floral.
Nutrition
Calories: 227kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 10mg | Potassium: 43mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 1mg