Lemon Ginger Martini
- Juice of 4 lemons
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 2 inches of ginger, peeled and cut up
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup water
- Ice
- ½ cup Gin
- ⅓ cup Lemon Ginger Simple Syrup
- Sugar to rim the glasses
- Extra lemon zest strips for garnish
- Juice the 4 lemons
- In a small sauce pan, mix the lemon juice with the ginger, the water and the sugar
- Heat to medium and let the sugar dissolve
- Once the sugar has dissolved, remove from flame
- Strain the syrup in to a bowl and let cool completely
- Rim martini glasses with sugar. Wet the rim of the martini glasses and place the rim of the glass on a plate of sugar to coat the rim,
- Place ice in the martini shaker
- Add ⅓ cup of the simple syrup and ½ cup gin to the shaker. Shake well.
- Pour in to prepared martini glasses.
- Garnish with extra lemon zest (optional)
- Drink up and enjoy!
Recipe by Confident Cook, Hesitant Baker at https://confident-cook.com/2014/02/lemon-ginger-martini.html
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