Description
This easy Lemon Drop Shot combines chilled vodka and fresh lemon juice with a sugar-rimmed glass and sugar-coated lemon wedge. Tart, simple, and ready in two minutes.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ounce vodka, chilled
- 1 ounce fresh lemon juice
- 1 lemon wedge
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar, approximately, plus more if needed
Instructions
- Run the lemon wedge around the rim of the shot glass to moisten it.
- Dip the moistened rim in sugar.
- Coat the lemon wedge in sugar.
- Add the chilled vodka and fresh lemon juice to the prepared glass and stir briefly.
- Serve immediately; drink the shot and follow it with the sugar-coated lemon wedge.
Notes
- Freshly squeezed lemon juice gives the brightest flavor, but bottled 100% lemon juice works in a pinch.
- Use a vodka you enjoy, but an inexpensive clean, neutral vodka works well here.
- Use a shot glass with a little more than 2 ounces of capacity. A 2½-ounce shooter gives the full 2-ounce recipe some headroom.
- For multiple shots, premix equal parts vodka and lemon juice, refrigerate, and stir before pouring.