A sorting though that last shoe box of crumpled receipts, every year I say it's going to be different Rosemary Martini to get you through that final tax week push.
Ingredients:
Rosemary syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 4 4-inch rosemary sprigs
Martini
- 1 750-ml bottle premium vodka
- 5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons Poire Williams (clear pear brandy)
- 12 ice cubes
- 12 small rosemary sprigs
Preparation:
For rosemary syrup:
Bring sugar and water to boil in small saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add rosemary sprigs. Reduce heat and simmer 2 minutes. Cool mixture completely. Discard rosemary.
For martini:
Mix rosemary syrup, vodka, lemon juice, and brandy in large pitcher. Cover pitcher with plastic wrap and place in freezer until mixture is cold, about 3 hours. Remove pitcher from freezer; add ice cubes. Stir briskly to melt ice partially. Strain mixture into chilled Martini glasses. Garnish each glass with rosemary sprig.
