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Courgette martini
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- plus chilling, no cook
- Easy
- Serves 1
Ingredients
- 1 courgette, coarsely grated
- juice 2 lemons
- 2 tbsp caster sugar
- 25ml vermouth
- 50ml gin
- ice
- mint leaf to garnish
Method
- STEP 1
Mix the courgette with the lemon juice and sugar and leave to steep for 1 hr. In the meantime, place a martini glass in the fridge to chill.
- STEP 2
Strain the courgette mixture through a sieve into a jug. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice then add 25ml of the courgette syrup followed by the vermouth and gin. Stir gently a few times then strain into your chilled glass. Garnish with a mint leaf and serve.