2000s Recipes + Menus
French Kiss
Makes6 Drinks
- Active time:15 min
- Start to finish:3 1/4 hr (includes freezing ice cubes)
April 2004
Wonderfully complex, this classic aperitif has a taste reminiscent of a sophisticated iced tea. It gets its depth from sweet vermouth, its kick from dry vermouth, and its singular verve from lemonade ice cubes. And the drink only gets better the longer you sip it, as the ice cubes melt and release their tart sweetness.
For Lemonade Ice Cubes
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice (from about 3 lemons)
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 cups water
For Drinks
- 12 oz dry vermouth (1 1/2 cups)
- 12 oz sweet vermouth (1 1/2 cups)
- 6 strips lemon zest, removed with a vegetable peeler
Make the Ice Cubes
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Stir together juice and sugar in a pitcher or large glass measuring cup until sugar is dissolved. Stir in water. Pour into an ice cube tray and freeze until solid, about 3 hours.
Make the Drinks
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Stir together vermouth and lemonade ice cubes in a pitcher until vermouth is chilled. Run a strip of zest around rim of each of six 6-ounce glasses and drop into glass. Add vermouth mixture, with ice, to glasses.
Cooks’ Note: The lemon ice cubes keep for up to 1 week.
- Keywords
- cocktails,
- vermouth,
- shelley wiseman
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