On a Saturday morning I sat at my computer scrolling through the hundreds of recipes on Creative Culinary. As I was scanning the recipes, I ran across many things familiar to me. There were posts of recipes from Nordstrom's Cafe, drinks from Yia Yia's and several versions of St. Louis Butter Cake. I started out with a list of six recipes: Nutella Fudge Brownies, Potato Chip Cookies, Lavender Lemonade Martini, Best Coffee Cake Ever, Hamburger Baked Bean Casserole and Olive Oil & Rosemary Cake.
I've been wanting to bake with Nutella! Potato chip cookies sound so fun. Who can pass up a martini? The casserole would be perfect for camping! My rosemary is growing like crazy. Which recipe to choose?
Inspired by Tim's and my recent trip to the Missouri Valley Lavender Farm, I chose the Lavender Lemonade Martini.A couple of summers ago I made some lavender simple syrup to use for cocktails. I think it ended up in the back of the fridge and not in the cocktails. Infused simple syrup is perfect for cocktails. It adds sweetness, along with a nice hint of lavender. This is a perfect summer cocktail or if you prefer, this makes a refreshing lavender lemonade.
Lavender Lemonade Martini
Recipe Courtesy of Creative CulinaryIngredients
- 1 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 6-8 sprigs of lavender
- sugar for rimming
- Vodka, preferably chilled
- lemon slices and lavender sprigs for garnish (optional)
Preparation Instructions
- Add sugar to water in pot on stove and bring to boil; cook only until sugar is dissolved. Add lavender sprigs and allow to cool completely.
- Put lemon juice in pitcher and strain lavender/sugar water into same pitcher.
- Add cup of ice to pitcher and stir well.
- Use a lemon slice to wet the edge of a martini glass. Rim the edge with sugar. I typically put a layer of sugar on a saucer and dip the top edge in it.
- Add ice to the glass and fill 2/3 with lemonade.
- Add 1/2 to a full shot of vodka, stir. Enjoy!
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