Thirsty Thursdays - Bullet Martini

by Lara on September 27th, 2007

I really wish I could handle the flavor of Sambuca, but despite my Italian roots, I just can’t handle Anisette. I know, it’s strange, and likely what confirms to anyone suspicious that I’m not 100% Italian. But this drink seems pretty tasty, given the flavors involved: dry gin, anisette, lemon, sugar… Maybe the lemon would cut out the black licorice taste enough that I could tolerate this one, but it’s gonna be tough to try!

Either way, if you’re a fan of black licorice (anisette) and cool looking martinis, hit this one up!

Ingredients

1 oz. Tanqueray London Dry Gin
.25 oz. Romana Sambuca
1 splash lemon juice
1 splash sugar syrup
1 tsp. lemon zest

Preparation

Add Tanqueray London Dry Gin, Romana Sambuca, lemon juice, and sugar syrup to cocktail shaker.
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass
Garnish with lemon zest

Thanks to The Bar for the recipe and photo!