How Do You Impress A Date With A Garnish?
This article will show you how to add a simple but stunning garnish to the classic Lemon Drop Martini, but this technique can be used with any citrus fruit. Enhance the elegance of your next cocktail party with this small, simple touch in just a minute! Gather your tools. After you’ve prepared your Lemon Drop Martini, you’ll need a citrus zester with a v-cut dye in the middle. Place the V-cut blade against the skin of the (washed) lemon near one end of the fruit with the blade facing toward you. Place the thumb of the hand holding the zester on the fruit to help provide resistance as you start to carve into the rind. Zest the lemon as if you were peeling an apple, trying to keep the removed zest intact as one long strip of the rind. Try to only take a very shallow cut into the rind to avoid too much of the white pith, which is bitter. You will need to remove at a 3 inch strip of zest per glass, Gently wrap each 3-inch strip tightly around the narrow end of the chopstick or wand so that
