Red Pepper Martini

Name: Red Pepper Martini
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 medium bell pepper, seeded and sliced into 2-inch pieces; ¼ medium jalapeño pepper, seeded (use more or less depending on how spicy you want the drink to be); 1 lime, juiced; ½ garlic clove, peeled; 3 oz Stoli vodka; 1 tsp agave nectar or simple syrup; 1 dash hot sauce, preferably Cholula; Freshly ground black pepper; Coarse sea salt or kosher salt, optional

By Cookie and Kate · Cookie and KatePublic

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Sweet and spicy, peppery vodka martinis. Serve as a savory before-dinner cocktail, or as a light alternative to a bloody mary at brunch. Amounts given below yield two cocktails.

Prep: 10 min
Total: 10 min
Servings: 2

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Ingredients

For 2 people

Cooking for

1medium bell pepper, seeded and sliced into 2-inch pieces
¼medium jalapeño pepper, seeded (use more or less depending on how spicy you want the drink to be)
1lime, juiced
½garlic clove, peeled
85 gStoli vodka
1 tspagave nectar or simple syrup
1 dashhot sauce, preferably Cholula
—Freshly ground black pepper
—Coarse sea salt or kosher salt, optional

Steps

1
First, line the rims with black pepper and salt if desired. Sprinkle a small plate with pepper and salt, run a lime wedge around the rims of two martini glasses, and dip the edges in the salt and pepper mixture.
2
In a cocktail shaker, muddle the bell pepper, jalapeno, lime juice and garlic. You’re done when the peppers have no more crunch left in them.
3
Add the vodka, agave or simple syrup, hot sauce, a couple twists of freshly ground black pepper and a dash of salt. Fill the shaker with ice, top the shaker with its lid and shake it like crazy. Strain the mixture into the prepared glasses and serve immediately.

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Per portion

Calories: ~28.4 kcal
Protein: ~1.7 g
Fat: ~0.2 g
Carbs: ~12.2 g
Fiber: ~2 g
Sodium: ~0.7 mg

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