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.