Recipes Nugget Markets Signature Recipes
Raspberry Lemon Drop
- Prep time
- 2 minutes PT2M
- Cook time
- N/A PT0
- Yield
- 1 cocktail
- Difficulty
This delightful sip is a tangy classic made even sweeter thanks to the addition of raspberry.
Ingredients
- 6 raspberries, plus more for garnish
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 2 ounces vodka
Preparation
Muddle 6 raspberries, sugar, and lemon juice in a shaker. Add vodka and ice, then shake vigorously. Strain into a sugar-rimmed martini glass, garnish with whole raspberries, and serve.
Techniques used in this recipe:
- muddle
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muddle, v.: to combine ingredients, usually in the bottom of a mixing glass, by pressing them together with a muddler before the majority of liquid ingredients are added.
Examples of when this method is applied:
For a mojito sugar, fresh mint leaves and club soda are muddled.
Limes are often muddled with sugar syrup or other fruit as in a Caipirnha and Bésame.
You muddle a sugar cube and bitters in cocktails such as Sazarac and Old-Fashioned.
