The Key Lime Martini recipe is ideal as aperitif, drink and dessert! Depending on your taste and preference in flavor, ingredients you add can stir up some of the most interesting concoctions. Vodka and gin are the two main ingredients which are commonly used in most Key Lime martinis, but there is a range that uses other spirits too. Depending on your preference, try out the traditional and modern variations and serve them in style.

Vodka and Lime (Traditional)

Ingredients:

• Lime juice – 1 ounce
• Premium vodka – 5 ounces
• Heavy cream – 1 ounce
• Whipped cream
• Crushed ice

Method of preparation:

Take a martini shaker and pour in the premium vodka and lime juice and keep shaking the ingredients vigorously, till they mix well. Next add in the whipped cream and shake vigorously again for at least a minute. Strain this mixture into pre chilled martini glasses which are already rimmed with juice of fresh lime and sugar (which has been powdered). Make the best use of a lime wheel or maraschino cherry to garnish and give the drink a lot of attitude.

Vanilla Key Lime (Modern Version)

Ingredients:

• Lime vodka – 1 ounce
• Vanilla vodka – 2 ounces
• Half and half – 2 ounces
• Key Lime Juice – 2 ounces
• Crushed crackers
• Ice cubes

Method of preparation:

Keep martini glasses in the refrigerator for chilling; at least thirty minutes. Once they are chilled, dip the rims of the glasses in the lime juice and then coat them with the crackers. In a martini shaker add in all the ingredients one by one. First add in the ice cubes and top them with key lime juice, lime vodka, vanilla vodka and half and half. Shake all the ingredients well. Ensure that all the ingredients mix well. Strain the mixture with the help of a strainer into the martini glasses. Slices of lime, cracker crumbs and whipped cream can be used to top the Key Lime Martini recipe.

Key Lime Liqueur

Ingredients:

• Key lime liqueur – 1.5 ounces
• Lime juice – one half ounce
• Vanilla vodka – 1.5 ounce
• Heavy cream – one half ounce
• crackers
• Ice cubes

Method of preparation:

In a martini shaker put in the ice cubes first, and then the lime juice and key lime liqueur and shake the ingredients well. Next add in the vodka and shake well again. Last of all, add the heavy cream and shake again. Strain the mixture into martini glasses which have been rimmed with lime juice and coated with powdered sugar and cracker crumbs.

Make sure you garnish the drink well or else it loses the Key Lime touch! The Key Lime Martini recipe is always best served chilled in martini glasses rimmed with lime juice and a coating of cracker or cookie crumbs. Swirling or twirling the garnish and ingredients makes one of the most delicious drinks in the world, especially at parties and on festive occasions.