How to Make a Chocolate Ginger Martini

About seven years ago, I was working in a Chinese restaurant trying to shed its typical Chinese restaurant image and get a little hipper and edgy. They asked me to come up with a couple of signature drinks and I came up with this little cocktail because I love chocolate and ginger together. (Chances are other people have invented the same or similar cocktails. What can I say, great minds think alike.)

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 ½ ounces of good grade vodka
• ½ ounce of a chocolate liqueur
• a couple of slices of fresh ginger
• ¼- ½ teaspoon of superfine white sugar
• cocoa powder
• chocolate curl

1. Chill a martini glass.

2. Put your ginger slices in the bottom of an empty shaker can. Add sugar and muddle until the ginger is mashed a bit and the juices flow and it just smells really good.

3. Add ice, vodka and chocolate liqueur and shake well to dissolve the sugar.

4. Rim the martini glass with cocoa powder. (Use a lime wedge to wet the rim then dip the edge in a plate of cocoa powder.)

5. Strain cocktail into glass and garnish with a chocolate curl. (You can make a chocolate curl with a bar of chocolate and a vegetable peeler.)

Tips & Warnings

• You can also used candied ginger instead of fresh ginger and sugar.
• Use chocolate liqueur and an Irish cream for a creamier, heavier cocktail.

[Athenable]

on 10/28/2008 I'll have to try that.

[amylaine]

on 3/18/2008 Yummy, great directions.