This lavender Martini recipe from Ontario-based author and gardening expert Nikki Fotheringham combines vodka, homemade lavender simple syrup and fresh lemon juice. Floral without being overly sweet, it’s a simple three-ingredient cocktail with a beautiful pale-purple hue.
Fotheringham’s homemade lavender simple syrup gives the drink its distinctive floral flavour and can be made ahead, so the cocktail itself comes together quickly when you’re ready to serve.
Lavender Martini
Ingredients
- Ice cubes
- 2 oz ( 60 ml) vodka
- 2 tbsp (30 ml) Lavender Simple Syrup
- 2 tbsp (30 ml) freshly-squeezed lemon juice
- 1 sprig fresh lavender for garnish
Instructions
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the vodka, simple syrup and lemon juice and stir gently until mixed. Strain into a Martini glass and garnish with a fresh sprig of lavender.
Why make your own lavender syrup?
Homemade Lavender Simple Syrup
Homemade Lavender Simple Syrup elevates this cocktail — get the full step-by-step recipe here.
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Lavender Martini recipe excerpted from Taste Buds by Nikki Fotheringham. Copyright © 2024 Nikki Fotheringham. Photographs by Laura Berman. Published by Appetite an imprint of Random House®, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved.
