Penny Watson Author: The Martini Club: Julia Rachel Barrett's Lemon Drop

Sunday, March 25, 2012

The Martini Club: Julia Rachel Barrett's Lemon Drop

I'm obsessed with lemon. I love lemon desserts. Lemon-scented soaps. The color yellow. I grow lemon basil, lemon verbena, lemon balm, lemon mint, lemon scented geranium, and any other type of lemony herb I can get my hands on. Lemon is fresh. It's light. It's the perfect flavor, in my totally-lacking-humility opinion.

I am pleased as a peacock to welcome Julia Rachel Barrett to The Martini Club. Julia and I enjoyed a wide array of tasty beverages when I visited her in Napa...including incredible wine and delicious cocktails. She is sharing her favorite cocktail recipe with us today--The Lemon Drop. This one is right up my lemony alley!

While sipping your tart treat, you might want some excellent reading material. May I recommend for your reading pleasure....

❧ Captured -- a fabulous sci fi erotica

❧ My Everything -- a super intense romantic suspense

❧ Incorporeal and In the Flesh -- 2 related ghostly love tales

❧ Pushing Her Boundaries -- a great contemporary based on Julia's harrowing real-life canoe trip

(I also loved Beauty and the Feast, which will be available in May.)

So, let's get to it! Cocktail time......Here's Julia!

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I’m not much of a cocktail drinker, but when I’m celebrating something special, my go-to drink is either a Trifecta Lemon Drop from Cole’s Chop House here in Napa, or a down and dirty gin martini with five – count ‘em – five olives.

The Trifecta Lemon Drop -- Ketel One Citroen, Lemoncello, Fresh Meyer Lemon Juice, Sugared Rim

Since the above recipe is a guarded secret, here’s one for the usual, and excellent, Lemon Drop:

1 ½ ounces vodka

½ ounce triple sec

1 teaspoon superfine sugar

¾ ounce fresh lemon juice

4 -5 ice cubes

superfine sugar, for the martini glass rim

lemon twist

Directions:

Chill martini glasses in freezer for at least 10 minutes prior to serving.

Place Vodka, Triple Sec, lemon juice and sugar into a cocktail shaker with 4-5 ice cubes and shake vigorously for 30 seconds.

Run the lemon twist around the edge of the chilled martini glass and dunk in a small amount of sugar for a coated rim.

Pour the strained martini into the chilled glasses and serve.

--Julia

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Thanks so much, Julia! That cocktail looks fab. (Also, I totally support the 5-olive minimum). I was so inspired by this recipe that I put together an Etsy collection called I'm So Tart. I even found an adorable lemon drop pendant made by JeanMarie Talvo Jewelry Design. Love it!