Sake Lychee Martini Food

LYCHEE SAKETINI BLUSH

Steps:

• Chill 2 martini glasses.
• Fill a martini shaker with ice and add vodka, sake, lychee syrup, and grenadine.
• Shake to combine.
• Strain into the chilled glasses and garnish with a lychee nut dropped in each glass.
• Serve immediately.

LYCHEE MARTINI

Steps:

• In a cocktail shaker filled with ice add vodka, lychee juice and vermouth. Shake until chilled. Pour into 2 martini glasses and garnish with lychees.

LYCHEE MARTINI

Steps:

• Pour the vodka, liqueur, syrup and vermouth into a large glass or jug. Fill up with ice then stir with a bar spoon until the outside of the container feels very cold. Strain into a martini or coupe glass and garnish with a lychee on a cocktail stick and a red or pink rose petal resting on top.

LYCHEE MARTINIS

Steps:

• Place 1 lychee in each of two martini glasses. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in gin and reserved lychee syrup. Shake well; strain into glasses. Serve immediately.

SAKE LYCHEE MARTINI

Steps:

• Fill a small cocktail shaker two thirds-full of ice cubes.
• Add 2 parts sake and 1 part lychee syrup from the can.
• Seal and shake for 20 seconds or more.
• Take a taste test. If the liquid is too strong, shake longer so more ice dissolves.
• Serve with 2 or 3 lychees per glass.

LYCHEE MARTINI

Steps:

• Pour can of lychee fruit into a strainer. Reserve 2 tablespoons lychee juice.
• In a shaker, add crushed ice, lychee liqueur, vodka, lime juice and reserved lychee juice.
• Shake well. Pour mixture into chilled martini glasses over a few pieces of lychee fruit from can. Add a splash of Champagne and serve.

LYCHEE MARTINI

Steps:

• Heat sugar and water in a 1-quart saucepan over high heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved, then pour into a heatproof bowl set in a large bowl of ice and cold water. Let stand, stirring occasionally, until syrup is cold, about 3 minutes.
• Purée lychees with sugar syrup and lemon juice in a blender until smooth, then force through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing hard on solids and then discarding them. Fill cocktail shaker halfway with ice cubes and add lychee purée, vodka, and Cointreau. Shake 15 seconds and strain into Martini glasses.

LYCHEE-TINI LYCHEE MARTINI

Steps:

• Add to a shaker and mix with ice.
• Pour into martini glasses and garnish with a slice of lime or a seeded fresh lychee.