Meyer Lemon Drop Martini - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Simple Syrup
1 ounce water
1 ounce sugar (measure in a cocktail jigger)
1 meyer lemon, zest of
Martini
2 meyer lemons, juice of
3 ounces vodka
sugar, to rim the martini glass

Preparation

To make the simple syrup, combine 1 oz. water, 1 oz. sugar (measure in a cocktail jigger) and the lemon zest in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir until sugar dissolves.
In a cocktail shaker, combine a handful of ice, the lemon juice, vodka and simple syrup. Shake vigorously and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses rimmed with sugar. Drop two thinly sliced lemon disks into each glass.