Fizz-Tini martini
Fizz-Tini martini
This non-alcoholic martini looks very cool and is fit the bill for any sober, social drinker. There is a bit of advanced preperation, but as a well prepared host, you should keep a bit of this on hand.
Ingredients
* 1/2 cup of peeled, fresh ginger.
* 2 cups of water.
* 1/4 cup of cane sugar.
* 2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice.
* 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract.
* 4 ounces of seltzer water.
* 2 thin lemon slices.
The mix
* Bring your water to a boil and add the ginger.
* Slowly stir in the sugar and vanilla, and reduce the heat to a simmer for fifteen minutes.
* Strain and cool the liquid in the refrigerator.
* Pour three ounces of your ginger water and your seltzer into a shaker 3/4 full with cracked ice.
* Stir the mixture for two full minutes.
* Strain the elixir into two frozen martini glasses.
* Add one tablespoon of lemon juice to each glass.
* Each glass gets a lemon slice on the rim.
