Changing things up a bit this week with a video tutorial! I'm still on my vodka kick, since it's still hot and now humid as well in Southern California. Our SIGLERinPLACE Siglocktails this week is an Italian Lemon Drop. This is similar to the ever popular lemon drop martini from the 80s/90s cocktail craze. Recipe below in case you want the quickest route to this tasty drink! If you have a bit more time, watch the video until the end to learn a bit more about the 19th Century variation — the crusta. Fun presentation for a yummy drink! As ever, livestream is tomorrow night at 6pm PST and this week we're going to try
not making the drink on the live stream since we've got this video. Feel free to make this one (send us pics
here if you do!) but as ever, you drink whatever you like best, or nothing at all, no worries!
ITALIAN LEMON DROP RECIPE: Ingredients:
- 2 oz Vodka
- 1 oz Triple Sec
- 1/2 oz limoncello
- 1/2 oz simple syrup
- 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
- Ice
Mad Scientist Process of Assemblyâ„¢:
- Combine and shake all ingredients together with ice
- Strain into a martini glass
Yummy variations: If you want to try the crusta (seen in the picture above!):
- Make a wide sugar crust on the rim of a champagne flute, using a lemon wedge to prime the rim, and superfine sugar. Allow to dry completely.
- Fill sugar rimmed glass two thirds full with your cocktail.
- Add two drops of orange or aromatic bitters
- Take extra-wide section of lemon peel (1.5 inches wide and 5 inches long) and set inside the rim of the glass so it's half inside the rim and half protruding above it.
- Serve. The drinker should push the rind into the flute to access the sugar rim.
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