Sugar Plum Lobster Martini Recipes

SHRIMP DEAN MARTINIS

Steps:

• If you bought raw shrimp, steam shrimp until pink, about 5 minutes, then cold shock under running water. Place in freezer until ready to serve.
• Mix celery, horseradish, lemon juice, hot sauce, chili sauce, ketchup and vegetable juice together and season with salt and pepper. Pour sauce into 4 martini glasses and surround rim with chilled shrimp. Serve lemon wedges alongside glasses on cocktail forks.

S'MORES MARTINI

Steps:

• Make the cinnamon-vanilla vodka: Pour the vodka into a jar; add the cinnamon sticks and cover. Store in a cool, dark place, shaking the jar every day or so, for 1 week. Strain; discard the cinnamon sticks.
• Make the martini: Coat the rim of a martini glass with marshmallow cream (if it's too thick for rimming the glass, mix with some water). Sprinkle some graham cracker crumbs and cocoa powder on the marshmallow cream. Lightly toast the marshmallow rim with a kitchen torch.
• Put 1 ounce of the cinnamon-vanilla vodka, the Drambuie, chocolate liqueur and chocolate bitters in a cocktail shaker filled with ice; shake until frothy. Strain into the prepared martini glass. Rinse out the shaker and refill with ice. Add the heavy cream and honey and shake vigorously (without the ice) until slightly thick. Spoon the heavy cream mixture over the cocktail. Garnish with a toasted marshmallow.

BROWN SUGAR GRILLED PLUMS WITH LEMON SORBET

Steps:

• Coat an outdoor grill or stove-top grill pan with cooking spray and preheat to medium-high.
• In a small bowl, whisk together melted butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. Brush mixture all over flesh side of plums. Grill plums, flesh side down, 5 minutes, until soft. Serve plums with lemon sorbet. Garnish with candied peanuts and mint, if desired.

LOBSTATINI

Steps:

• Fill a shaker with ice and add the vodka, vermouth and essence (add more or less essence based on how "dirty" you like your martini). Shake vigorously until the shaker feels cold, about 20 seconds. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a lemon peel. Add a lobster claw, if using!

SUGAR PLUM MARTINI

Steps:

• Shake all ingredients together with ice.
• Strain into a martini glass and serve!