Get ready for the weekend with a cocktail! This time it’s going to be a espresso martini, for all you coffee lovers out there!
Ingredients
For the sugar syrup
- 100g golden caster sugar
For the cocktail
- ice
- 100ml vodka
- 50ml freshly brewed espresso coffee
- 50ml coffee liqueur
- 4 optional decorative coffee beans
Example.
Method
- Make the sugar syrup. Put the caster sugar in a small pan over a medium heat and pour in 50ml water. Stir, and bring to the boil.
- Turn off the heat and allow the mixture to cool. Put 2 martini glasses in the fridge to chill.
- Once the sugar syrup is cold, pour 1 tbsp into a cocktail shaker along with a handful of ice, the vodka, espresso and coffee liqueur. Shake until the outside of the cocktail shaker feels icy cold.
- Strain into the chilled glasses. Garnish each one with coffee beans if you like.
Recipe courtesy of BBC GoodFood.
