Raspberry Martini

This raspberry martini balances the sweet and sour taste beautifully. Perfect for any occasion. With this bright red color, its bound to be a hit. This martini features raspberries, vodka, grenadine, lemon juice, and raspberry liqueur. A martini just eases all of yours days worries.

Raspberry Martini Ingredients Breakdown

This martini could be made with vodka or gin, the choice is really yours.

• Vodka (or Gin) these particular spirits do not have a distinct taste, unlike wines. Since the flavor is non existing one could use raspberry flavored vodka or regular, either option works. The vodka/and or gin provides a smooth taste to this martini and makes the martini sparkle.
• Raspberry Liqueur truly enhances this cocktail, by providing a touch of sweetness. Raspberry liqueur can be rather sweet with a thick consistency. That’s why it’s important to know what your personal taste buds are. If your not a huge fan of sweet drinks, it maybe more beneficial to leave out this liqueur or make your own. Making your own raspberry liqueur gives you control over the flavor, but can be a bit time consuming.
• Lemons the lemons cut down on the sweet taste of the raspberry liqueur. Also, give a little sour taste similar to sour patch kids or sour straws.
• Fresh Raspberries adding a few fresh raspberries to the cocktail shaker boosts up the overall taste of this martini. In addition to the flavor, the fresh raspberries are the finishing touch or garnish to the cocktail.
• Grenadine is used for color. Raspberry liqueur has a dark red hue. So to get a true bright red color a little non-alcoholic bar syrup is needed. The taste of grenadine is semi tart/sweet, which blends in perfectly with the other flavors of this cocktail.

Making the Martini

Alright..alright..alright on to the best part..making the raspberry martini! So grab your martini glasses and let’s get started

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Using a cocktail shaker add the following ingredients: lemon juice, fresh or frozen raspberries, ice, vodka, raspberry liqueur, and grenadine. Place the lid on the cocktail shaker and shake..shake..shake until the shaker becomes completely cold. Next, using a cocktail strainer add this raspberry awesomeness to a martini glass. To garnish the glass, grab a toothpick and slide on a few raspberries. Then place the raspberry toothpick either inside the cocktail or at an 180 degree angle on top of the martini glass.

Enjoy!

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