Summer and citrus-based beverages go together like peanut butter and jelly, ice-cold margaritas and Tex Mex Taco Plate Specials, cold beer and crispy chicken wings off the grill, etc., etc.
Further proof comes from this Lemon Drop cocktail courtesy of Jamie D. of Houston who spends weekends guiding with her husband down on Tres Palacios and Matagorda Bays (working out of Palacios).
She said lately, after pre-dawn starts to be in position on the flats at sunrise, they’ve been back at their beach house just after noon most days and find that “the grit of a long guide morning washes off much better with one of these Lemon Drops in hand after a long shower and with a pot of gumbo bubbling on the stove” or her husband throwing together the fixin’s for a batch of Matagorda Bay crab cakes.
Hot damn.
2 ounces vodka
1 ounce fresh lemon juice
1 ounce simple syrup
1/2 ounce Triple secGarnish: Lemon Twist, Sugar
If you’re into this sort of thing, coat the rim of a cocktail glass with sugar and set aside a few minutes to dry.
Combine all ingredients in your trusty shaker and fill with ice; shake, shake, shake.
Strain into the prepared (or not) glass, garnish, and go to it.
Enjoy.
