- Level: Easy
- Total: 45 min (includes cooling time)
- Active: 15 min
- Yield: 1 drink
Ingredients
Vanilla Simple Syrup:
2 cups sugar
1 vanilla bean, scraped
Blood Orange-Vanilla Martini:
4 ounces blood orange juice
2 ounces vodka
1 strip blood orange zest
Directions
- For the simple syrup: Combine the sugar, vanilla bean and 2 cups water in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, until the sugar melts. Remove from the heat and let cool. Cover and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.
- For the martini: In a cocktail shaker with ice, add the blood orange juice, vodka and 2 ounces of the simple syrup. Shake, then strain into a martini glass. Garnish with the orange zest.
