Raspberry Martini

This Raspberry Martini is a bright red cocktail packed with berry flavor! Treat yourself to this beautiful sweet drink.

Here’s a sweet cocktail with a bright color: the Raspberry Martini! This drink is wonderful And Full of light berry flavor: You will be amazed from the first sip! The sparkling, slightly floral raspberry flavor is beautifully pure thanks to the homemade raspberry syrup. This cocktail is perfect for a romantic dinner, girls’ night out, Valentine’s Day, or any other occasion that calls for a red drink. It’s quite sweet, but the fresh lemon zest balances it out perfectly.

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What’s in a Raspberry Martini?

The Raspberry Martini is part of a long list of flavored vodka martinis. This family of drinks has almost nothing in common with the Classic Martini… except for the glass! The classic martini features ultra-dry gin and vermouth, with a bitter burn on the finish. Vodka martinis became popular in the 1990s, and they come in all flavors sweet and fruity: think cucumber, watermelon, or chocolate.

Some vodka martinis have official International Bartender’s Association definitions, such as: B. Lemon martini and espresso martini. All other vodka martini recipes are mixologist dependent, so ingredients will vary. Here’s what’s in our version of a raspberry martini cocktail:

• vodka
• cranberry juice (unsweetened*)
• lemon juice
• raspberry syrup (preferably homemade or bought)

It’s better with homemade raspberry syrup!

This raspberry martini cocktail gets its wonderfully sweet flavor from raspberry syrup! We highly recommend making the syrup fresh as it has the best pure berry flavor. Note that you must do this do it in advance: but it only takes 10 minutes of manual labor every hour. Mix up a batch and prepare to shake the drink. Here are the basic steps:

• melt sugar: Place 1 cup sugar and ½ cup water in a saucepan over medium heat. Simmer for about 1 minute until the sugar has dissolved.
• Add berries and let simmer: Add ½ cup of fresh raspberries and cook until berries break down, about 5-6 minutes, reducing heat when it begins to boil. If necessary, break the berries with a spatula. Once completely liquid, strain into a glass using a fine-mesh strainer and spatula.
• Cool: Allow to cool and then store in the fridge for up to 3 weeks.

Other uses for raspberry syrup? Make a Clover Club or serve it on pancakes or a mug cake.

Use store-bought raspberry syrup in a pinch

Don’t have time to make raspberry syrup? You can find it at your local liquor store or online. It tastes best with this homemade syrup, but store-bought ones will work in a pinch.

Find unsweetened cranberry juice

The only other thing to note about the ingredients: This raspberry cocktail recipe uses 100% unsweetened cranberry juice. It’s easy to find it at your local grocery store these days, but be careful when picking it off the shelf. There are different types of cranberry juice you will see:

• Sweetened Cranberry Juice Where Cranberry juice cocktail Added sugar and sometimes high fructose corn syrup as a sweetener. We prefer…
• 100% Cranberry Juice is preferred here! The advantages of this type? The color is more vivid and you can sweeten your drink as you like.

What if all you could find was sweet cranberry juice? Simply. Use only ½ ounce of raspberry syrup instead of ¾ ounce. Then you can adjust the flavors by adding more raspberry syrup to taste.

How to Make a Raspberry Martini: Basic Steps

do you have all the ingredients Let’s make this raspberry cocktail! Here are the basic steps (or jump to the recipe):

1. Shake: Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Add 2 handfuls of ice and shake until cool. Don’t have a cocktail shaker? Use a mason jar with a lid.
2. stump: Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a few extra fresh raspberries to make it extra chic.

More red cocktails!

This raspberry martini is a superb naturally red cocktail: and there are many others it comes from! Cranberry, pomegranate, strawberry, and blood orange also make bright red drinks. Here are some other favorites:

When to serve a raspberry martini

The raspberry martini recipe makes a signature drink, perfect for special occasions. Serve as: