Fizz-Tini martini

This non-alcoholic martini looks very cool and is fit the bill for any sober, social drinker. There is a bit of advanced preperation, but as a well prepared host, you should keep a bit of this on hand.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup of peeled, fresh ginger.
• 2 cups of water.
• 1/4 cup of cane sugar.
• 2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice.
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract.
• 4 ounces of seltzer water.
• 2 thin lemon slices.

The mix

• Bring your water to a boil and add the ginger.
• Slowly stir in the sugar and vanilla, and reduce the heat to a simmer for fifteen minutes.
• Strain and cool the liquid in the refrigerator.
• Pour three ounces of your ginger water and your seltzer into a shaker 3/4 full with cracked ice.
• Stir the mixture for two full minutes.
• Strain the elixir into two frozen martini glasses.
• Add one tablespoon of lemon juice to each glass.
• Each glass gets a lemon slice on the rim.