The BEST Classic Lemon Drop Martini Recipe
Make the perfect sweet and tart Lemon Drop Martini using fresh ingredients. This easy vodka citrus drink includes instructions for achieving a flawless sugar-rimmed glass for your next happy hour.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 0 min
- Total Time: 5 min
- Yield: 1 serving 1x
- Category: Cocktail
- Method: Shaking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Low Fat
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 oz Vodka
- 1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
- 0.75 oz Triple Sec or Cointreau
- 0.75 oz Simple Syrup (Homemade Simple Syrup for Cocktails recommended)
- Lemon peel, for garnish
- Fine sugar, for rimming the glass
Instructions
- Prepare your martini glass by moistening the rim with a lemon wedge. Gently press the rim into a shallow plate of fine sugar to create a sugar rim. Set the glass aside.
- Combine the vodka, fresh lemon juice, Triple Sec, and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
- Seal the shaker tightly and shake hard until the outside of the shaker is very cold, about 15 to 20 seconds.
- Strain the mixture into your prepared, sugar-rimmed martini glass.
- Garnish with a thin lemon peel twist or wheel. Serve this refreshing summer drink immediately.
Notes
- For the best flavor balance, use freshly squeezed lemon juice; bottled juice changes the tartness.
- Adjust the simple syrup amount if you prefer a sweeter or tarter drink. Taste before straining.
- If you want a Lemon Drop Shot, reduce the liquid volume by half and serve in a shot glass.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cocktail
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 5mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg