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Lychee Martini (Nobu-Style)

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Make Nobu's famous Lychee Martini at home! It's a $24 martini you can shake at home in 5 minutes — 3-ingredients and a pinch of salt!
Prep 5 minutes
Total 5 minutes
Recipe Makes (Approximate): 1

Equipment

  • martini or coupe glass
  • Cocktail shaker with a built in strainer
  • Fine mesh strainer
  • cocktail pick for the garnish

Ingredients

The Drink

  • 2 ounces lychee juice (the syrup from a can of lychees works beautifully — it's what most bars actually use)
  • 1 ½ ounces vodka (Ketel One if you're being faithful to the original - shot glass size)
  • ¾ ounce St-Germain elderflower liqueur (half shot glass)
  • 1 small pinch fine salt (about 1/16 teaspoon)

For Serving

  • 1 canned lychee (on a cocktail pick)

Instructions

  • Put a martini or coupe glass in the freezer while you work — or fill it with ice water or crushed ice and set it aside.
  • Add the lychee juice, vodka, St-Germain, and salt to a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice, seal, and shake hard for a full 15 seconds, until the shaker is frosty and almost painful to hold. Giving it a nice long shake matters here: it dissolves the salt completely and gets the drink properly ice-cold.
  • Empty your chilled glass, then strain your martini through the shaker's built-in strainer and into a fine mesh strainer held over the glass. That second strain is what makes it silky instead of slushy — no ice shards, no pulp that may have been hanging around from the lychee can!
  • Drop a lychee in on its pick into the glass as a garnish, and serve immediately.

Nutrition Information (Approximate)

Calories: 206calProtein: 0.01gSodium: 0.4mgPotassium: 2mgTotal Carbs: 8gFiber: 0.01gSugar: 8gNet Carbs: 8gVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 0.1mg
Recipe By: Cheryl Malik
https://40aprons.com/nobu-lychee-martini-recipe/