July 4th Martini recipe a red white and blue cocktail

July 4th is coming up, so we're into summer now. Here's a patriotic cocktail for you to make to celebrate while watching fireworks on the 4th. Last year we posted another red, white, and blue cocktail., Now, here's another great July 4 martini

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This recipe uses: Lime Tree Cove Fresh Lemon Cocktail Sugar   .

July 4th Martini Recipe

Ingredients needed:

• 1.5oz Grey Goose Vodka
• 0.5oz Blue Curacao
• Juice from 1 Lemon
• Frozen Watermelon Cubes
• Ice
• Lime Tree Cove Fresh Lemon Cocktail Sugar  

Directions:

1. Cube Watermelon, remove seeds and freeze (this is the red).
2. Mix Vodka,Blue Curacao, Fresh Lemon Juice into a martini shaker filled with ice (this is the blue).
3. Shake
4. Moisten glass rim with the fruit wedge, and use your Barmaid Drink Rimmer to rim the glass with Fresh Lemon Cocktail Sugar   (this is the white).
5. Add frozen watermelon into glass.
6. Strain the contents of the cocktail shaker into the martini glass
7. Enjoy!

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Tim McCaffery is the chief mixologist at Lime Tree Cove. He is responsible for food and cocktail pairing and new cocktail spices.

Article Posted June 30, 2011