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Continuing to work our way through the abundance of limes, my wife found a great recipe (actually via one of the google ad links on this site )for a lime-ginger martini that sounded like a must try. So we did. She took care of preparing the ginger syrup and I swooped in and finished off the drink from there. The martini makes a nice pre-meal drink since its on the spicy side. Making the ginger syrup does increase the time it takes to make the drink but you can always make a larger batch since it’ll keep up to one week in the fridge. I recommend you adjust the amount of ginger syrup in the drink to taste. The ginger is a powerful flavor…
To make the ginger syrup use the following ingredients:

1 lime

2 cups of coarsely chopped fresh ginger with peel (approximately 8 oz.)

1 cup of sugar

2 cups of water

Remove the outer peel of the lime with a peeler and finely chop along with the chopped ginger in a food processor. Transfer to a saucepan and combine with the sugar and water. Boil mixture, then reduce heat to a simmer while partially covered. Then strain the mixture and let it cool.

Now to the drink…the ingredients are:

3 oz. of vodka

1/2 oz. of ginger syrup

1/2 oz. of lime juice

Combine the vodka, ginger syrup, and lime juice into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake hard for 20 second and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Enjoy!
Recommended listening for the Ginger Martini…smart, peppy power pop from Brendon Benson:

Before he joined forces with Jack White in the Raconteurs, Brendon released a couple of almost perfect indie rock albums. “The Alternative to Love” is one of them. Great songwriting and polished production make this disc a must have.