 Cheers to spring and lets sip on these luscious Raspberry Lemon Drop Martini’s while we enjoy the warmer weather. 
Ever since I found this recipe I have been wanting to try it out. Â It has some of my favorite cocktail ingredients, vodka (raspberry vodka even better), chambord and & 7up.
I used Smirnoff Raspberry Vodka that my friendly spirits store lady directed me toward. Â I have a bit of a funny store about me picking up my vodka. Â It was Friday and on Friday’s my hubby is off work, so I drag him with me in the morning to a hot spinning class on Real Ryder bikes. Â We then head home, putz around, shower and then we head out to have lunch together and we usually go to this little coffee shop that has a great chicken salad plate. Â It’s a quaint little place with a bowl of water out front for the patrons dogs and a few table and chairs. Â The inside has mismatched chairs and hand painted tables. Â Their roasting machine, which is this car size contraption sits in the middle of the floor right next to where you order. Â The girls that work there see us coming and ring us up before we order. Â Yes, we are that boring and that consistent, but that is not my story. Â So, we are sitting at the table by the window that looks out over the street and the shops across. Â One of the shops across the street is my spirits store, where I pick up the ingredients and a few tips for my Saturday cocktails.
So we are sitting there eating and my husband says “nothing but women go into that liquor store, what woman goes into a liquor store in the middle of the afternoon? Â They must be lushes!”…….
You see my problem…. I am a women that goes into that liquor store in the middle of the afternoon. Â I am not a lush!! Â That being said, this is an awesome martini!
Raspberry Lemon Drop Martini
Ingredients
- 4 ounces Raspberry Vodka I used Smirnoff
- 1 ounce Chambord
- 4 teaspoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
- Splash of 7up
- Lemon twists
Instructions
- In a martini shaker filled with fresh ice, add vodka, chambord, and lemon juice. Shake and pout in glass, top with splash of 7 up and a twist of lemon.
