Sherry Lemon Drop Recipes

LEMON DROP COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Combine the vodka, lemon juice, and sugar and pour into a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour into martini glasses and garnish with lemon slices.

SHERRY LEMONADE

Steps:

• In a tall glass, combine sherry, lemon juice and sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Fill glass with ice and add seltzer. Garnish with lemon slice.

SHERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• In a mixing glass or cocktail shaker, add the lemon, orange, and simple syrup, and muddle. Add the sherry, fill with ice, and shake. Finely strain into a Collins glass over crushed ice. Top up with additional crushed ice and garnish like there's no tomorrow.

SAUTEED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH LEMON AND SHERRY

Steps:

• Season the chicken with salt and pepper to taste.
• Saute chicken in the butter in a skillet.
• Remove onto a plate when cooked through on both sides.
• Saute the mushrooms and scallions in the same pan using the butter that remains.
• Add the juice from one of the lemon halves (squeeze it right into the pan) and cut the other lemon half into thin slices of lemon and and add those to the pan and stir.
• Add the sherry and stir and simmer 1-2 minutes.
• Pour over the chicken and serve.

LEMON DROPS ON THE ROCKS

Steps:

• Combine vodka, lemon juice, and sugar, stirring occasionally until sugar dissolves. Transfer to an ice-filled pitcher, add lemon slices, and serve.

LEMON DROP

Steps:

• Add the first 4 ingredients to a large pitcher (55 oz.).
• Stir to dissolve the sugar.
• Cover and chill for at least 4 hours.
• Moisten the rim of cocktail glasses with water or lemon juice; dip rim of glasses in granulated sugar.
• Chill glasses in freezer for 1 hour before ready to serve.
• Pour pitcher mixture into prepared glasses; garnish with a lemon slice or wedge.
• **LimeDrop--Substitute fresh lime juice for lemon juice; garnish with lime slices or wedges.
• Orange Drop--Substitute Absolut Mandarin for the plain vodka and 1/8 cup frozen orange juice concentrate (thawed) plus 1/2 cup water for the lemon juice; garnish with orange slice or wedge.

LEMON DROP COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Run lemon wedge around the rim of a cocktail glass to dampen, then dip in sugar to coat.
• Combine vodka, lemon juice, lemon simple syrup, and orange-flavored liqueur in a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice, seal, and shake until shaker frosts over. Pour into a martini glass to serve.

MEYER LEMON DROP

Steps:

• Tint sugar with powdered yellow food color, if desired. Place sugar in a saucer. Moisten the rim of a martini glass with a lemon slice. Dip rim in sugar. In a cocktail shaker, combine vodka, Cointreau, lemon juice, and lemon syrup with ice; shake well. Strain into prepared glass.

LEMON DROP

Steps:

• Put 1 martini glass in the fridge to chill. Mix the white caster sugar with the finely grated zest of the lemon, and set aside.
• Pour the vodka into a cocktail shaker and add the triple sec, lemon juice and a handful of ice. Shake really well until the outside of the shaker feels cold.
• Dip the rim of the chilled glass in water, shake off the excess then dip into the sugar and lemon zest mix.
• Strain the contents of the shaker into your prepared glass and enjoy.

LEMON DROP

Steps:

• In a mixing glass, combine lemon juice, vodka and sugar. Stir until dissolved, then pour into glasses filled with ice. Garnish with a lemon slice and sprig of mint.