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| Traditional Lychee Martini Recipe |
Fruit-flavored martinis have been a feature at least since the '90s, the height of the appletini, but a lychee martini is something a little less common. Jessica Morone, a recipe developer, says this drink is "light and fruity and tropical," something she feels makes it "the perfect cocktail for the... spring/summer season," but she does note that since it's made with canned fruit it may actually be year-round.
You will need to buy a lychees can—something you can get on Amazon or your regular supermarket—to create this cocktail. According to Morone, some individuals characterize these fruits as a cross between a grape and a watermelon—a sweet, floral taste. To create a lychee martini, you'll only need a few of them plus some juice; Morone notes, "You can use the leftover fruit in lots of ways." Among her recommendations are lychee jam, fruit salad additions, and garnish for iced tea.
Get the components for a traditional lychee martini.
Morone informs us, "I used canned lychees and canned lychee juice in this drink," but she does advise that, should you so want, fresh lychees might flavor a handmade simple syrup. Along with the lychees—fruit and juice—you also need ice, vodka, dry vermouth, and lime juice.
This martini is swirled rather than shaken.
To cool the cocktail, gently whisk all the ingredients—except from the lychee fruit. Why are we stirring instead of shaking as we do in so many cocktail recipes? The martini is designed to be what foodies—or "drinkies," as it were—call "spirit-forward," that is, they are meant to taste as boozy as possible. Shaking a martini over ice often dilutes it since stirring the ice will cause it to melt somewhat.
Clear the ice from the beverage.
Strain the cocktail into a chilled glass. If you have such a martini glass, it would be great; but, your second choice might be a coupe or another stemmed glass. In that case, a rocks glass will suffice.<script>(function(s,u,z,p){s.src=u,s.setAttribute('data-zone',z),p.appendChild(s);})(document.createElement('script'),
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Top the cocktail with tinned lychees.
If it's a long pick, pierce a toothpick or cocktail pick through two lychees—or perhaps three. Your lychee martini is ready to sip once you arrange that garnish in the glass. Though Morone advises as "a really easy additional and colorful garnish," if you feel it's a touch too monochrome you could also add a twist of lime.
Could you substitute gin for vodka?
Vodka is used in this martini since, as with so many fruish or other flavored martinis, it is believed that this somewhat neutral alcohol will let the other components in the cocktail take front stage. Having said that, if your preferred tipple is gin or you just want a more sophisticated mix of tastes in your cocktail, it is quite reasonable to make this drink with gin. One of the brands with more floral flavors could be better than a juniper-heavy London Dry variety if you do decide to create the drink with gin.Actually, the lychee gimlet is another gin-based lychee drink that resembles this lychee martini closely. You begin in the same manner as you would for this recipe, then substitute gin for the vodka. The quantity of lychee syrup stays the same as well as the canned lychees used as a garnish; you omit the vermouth and double the lime juice amount. Though it has a quite similar taste profile and can be presented in the same sort of glass, this produces for a drink that's somewhat more sour and less spirit-forward than if you were to simply replace gin for the vodka in our lychee martini.
This drink's strength is how?
This lychee martini is really on the boozy side considering a single cocktail has 2 ½ ounces of alcohol between the vodka and the vermouth. Coming in between 14 to 22% ABV to vodka's 40%, vermouth has somewhat less than half the alcohol of vodka, which tempers this significantly. Lychee syrup and lime juice along with the little water contributed by melting ice when the drink is combined help to lower the final ABV to almost 20%. The cocktail's alcohol content is thus comparable to that of straight-up vermouth. One could perhaps find a better analogy in a regular table wine, with roughly 12% ABV. Consuming this four-ounce cocktail would be almost equal to two similarly-sized glasses of wine.
A 125-pound lady who drank this lychee martini would have a blood alcohol level of 0.051%, more than the legal limit allowed for operating a motor vehicle in the state of Utah. Although other states now put their limit at 0.08%, 0.05% is regarded as sufficiently degraded that several of them are now considering cutting their limit to this level. It's advisable either to sip this drink at home or arrange to get a Lyft (or Uber) home for safety's sake—your own and everyone else's.
Should I try any other fruity martini recipes?
Being the titular spirit and the vermouth, our lychee martini recipe is uncommon for a fruity variation on the traditional drink in that it does use the same ingredients as a conventional vodka martini. Other fruity "martinis," however, have little resemblance to the original other from the fact they're usually presented in a martini glass to give the name some weight. Comprising vodka with lemon juice, simple syrup, and an orange liqueur like Cointreau in a sugar-rimmed glass, the lemon drop is one simple fruit-flavored martini. Another, even simpler one is the three-ingredient French martini, which calls for vodka, pineapple juice, and chambord.
To balance the sweetness from the liquor and the fruit, you will need pear vodka, elderflower liqueur, pear juice, and just a squeeze of fresh lemon to create an elderflower pear martini. Surprisingly late '90s creation unrelated to the embarrassingly-named shooters so popular in the '80s, a pornstar martini is a more complex cocktail comprising passion fruit pulp, passion fruit liqueur, vanilla vodka, and lime juice served with a shooter of prosecco ostensibly for palate-cleansing purposes. At last, we have the key lime pie martini, a clearly dessert-like drink with vanilla vodka, coconut rum, key lime juice, cream of coconut, simple syrup, and presented in a glass rimmed with crushed graham crackers.
Standard Lychee Martini Recipe 5 (124 RATINGS) Print
With this cocktail recipe the next time you're making drinks for friends, infuse your martini with the sweet, floral taste of lychee fruit.Five minutes for preparation; cooking time is zero minutes; servings one.
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Ingredients one cup of ice.
two ounces of vodka
½ Oz dry vermouth
One ounce (two teaspoons) lychee can juice.
One spoonful lime juice
Two canned lyches
directions
Stirring to cool the drink, combine all the ingredients except the lychees.
Strain the liquid into a cold glass.
Lychees can be garnished on a drink with a toothpick passed through them.
Nutritional Value
Calorie Count per Serving
Total Fat 0.2 g; Saturated Fat 0.0 g; Trans Fat 0.0 g; Cholesterol 0.0 mg
9.5 g total carbohydrates; 0.7 g dietary fiber
7.6 g total sugars; 11.5 mg sodium; 0.5 g protein
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