Lemon Drop Crusta
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Lemon Drop Crusta
Serve in a Flute glass
| 1 1⁄2 oz | Ketel One Vodka |
| 1⁄2 oz | Pallini Limoncello liqueur |
| 2⁄3 oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1⁄4 oz | Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup) |
| 2 dash | Fee Brothers Lemon Bitters |
Garnish: Select a small wine or flute glass with a rim diameter that will snugly accommodate a small lemon tightly enough to act as a watertight extension to the glass. Cut off both ends of the fruit and carefully remove the pulp to leave a barrel-shaped shell of skin. Place in the top of the glass. Wet the edge of the glass and exposed fruit shell with sugar syrup and dip in caster sugar to frost the edge of both peel and glass. Leave for a couple of hours to form a hard crust.
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass with pre-crusted rim.
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Cocktail of the day:
29th August 2025 is National Lemon Juice Day
Review:
Zesty lemon with a sugar-crusted rim. This tasty drink's name aptly describes it.
Variant:
History:
This riff on a vodka sour, inspired by the hard candy sweet, may have earlier origins but rose from the popularity of the Lemon Drop Martini during the Crusta (although it was never a true Martini). This version by yours truly.
Nutrition:
One serving of Lemon Drop Crusta contains 133 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.2 standard drinks
- 18.51% alc./vol. (18.51° proof)
- 16.3 grams of pure alcohol
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