RECIPE

Lime Drop

  • ACTIVE:
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  • SERVINGS: MAKES 4 DRINKS

  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME:
  • SERVINGS: MAKES 4 DRINKS

Ingredients

  • Ingredients
    1. 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
    2. 1/4 cup superfine sugar
    3. 2 tablespoons chopped fresh ginger
    4. Crushed ice
    5. 1 1/2 cups gin
    6. 4 thinly sliced lime rounds

Directions

  1. In a large shaker, muddle 1/4 cup of the lime juice with 2 tablespoons of the superfine sugar and the ginger. Fill the shaker with crushed ice, then add 1 1/4 cups of the lime juice and the gin; shake the drink vigorously.
  2. Pour the remaining 2 tablespoons of lime juice and 2 tablespoons of sugar into 2 bowls. Dip the rims of 4 cocktail glasses first in the lime juice and then in the sugar. Strain the cocktail into the glasses; garnish with the lime rounds.