Lemongrass & lychee martini

If you're throwing a party and need a delicious and exotic drink to greet your guests with, this martini is sure to impress them

What you need:

• Lemon Grass Sugar Syrup
• 175g (5oz) caster sugar
• 225ml (8fl oz) water
• 4 stalks lemon grass, cut into thirds
• 1 tbs Schwartz Juniper Berries

(This will make enough syrup for 16 martinis.)

For each Martini:

• 50ml (2fl oz) vodka
• 1 tbs Lemon Grass Simple Syrup
• 2 tsp lychee juice (from canned lychees)
• 2 tsp pomegranate juice
• Sparkling water
• Pomegranate seeds

To garnish: cocktail stick, slice of lime and lychees

What you do:

1. To make the Sugar Syrup, mix together the sugar, water, lemon grass pieces and Schwartz Juniper Berries in a small saucepan.
2. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes, or until the sugar is completely dissolved.
3. Strain the syrup into a plastic container and refrigerate until ready to use. The syrup can be kept in the refrigerator for up to one week.
4. To make the martini, fill a cocktail shaker with 1 tbs crushed ice. Add the vodka, Lemon Grass Sugar Syrup, lychee juice and pomegranate juice, shake until well mixed and chilled. Strain into a martini glass, top up with sparkling water as desired and add a few pomegranate seeds. Slowly pour the pomegranate juice over the back of a spoon so that the juice settles at the bottom of the glass.
5. Serve immediately, garnished with a lychee and lime slice threaded onto a cocktail stick.

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