This blueberry martini recipe offers a refreshing twist on a classic lemon drop cocktail that's guaranteed to impress at your next dinner party or happy hour. This drink has a wow factor with its stunning color and the vibrant flavors of fresh blueberries and lemon.
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Why you're going to love this cocktail
- Simple Ingredients: To make this blueberry lemon drop martini, all you need are blueberry simple syrup, fresh lemon juice, vodka, and additional fruit for garnish. That's it! No fancy ingredients or equipment needed.
- Refreshing Flavors: This fruity cocktail recipe is the perfect blend of sweet and tart. It'll quickly become your new favorite cocktail for summer!
- Quick and Easy: It just takes a couple of minutes to shake up this martini with a delicious blueberry twist.
Ingredients
Ingredient quantities and detailed instructions are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Blueberry simple syrup. The simple syrup for this blueberry vodka martini is super easy to make and you can use fresh or frozen blueberries.
- Lemon: You'll use the juice in the cocktail and lemon slices for garnish. Always use fresh lemon juice for the best flavor since store-bought lemon juice tastes bitter and artificial. You can make this a blueberry lemonade martini by doubling the amount of lemon juice. Lime juice also works.
- Vodka: Keep it simple with plain vodka, or experiment with flavored varieties like blueberry, lemon, vanilla, or whipped cream vodka.
- Fresh blueberries. Float some fresh berries on top of the cocktail for a pretty presentation.
How to make this drink
- Pour vodka, blueberry simple syrup, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice and shake until cold.
- Double strain into martini glasses.
- Garnish with lemon slices and blueberries.
Helpful Tips
- Shake well. A martini needs to be ice cold, so use lots of ice in a cocktail shaker and really shake this drink. I like to shake it until the outside of the shaker is frosty.
- Double strain. Double straining means pouring the drink through the strainer attached to the cocktail shaker, as well as through a second strainer, like a fine mesh strainer or a Hawthorne strainer A good martini is ultra smooth, and double straining ensures that no flakes of ice or bits of fruit pulp end up in the martini glass. I use a small fine mesh strainer with a conical shape that's made for cocktails. You can also use a tea strainer.
- Blueberry syrup. Blueberry simple syrup is very easy to make and has lots of other uses. My recipe is simply blueberries added to equal parts sugar and water. However, you can use blueberry juice instead.
- Liqueur. Although I love the combination of blueberry and lemon, you can use an orange liqueur instead of the lemon juice. Triple sec, Cointreau, or Grand Marnier are all good options.
- Chill your glasses. I like to chill the martini glasses in the freezer before serving. Frosty glasses make for an extra cold and refreshing cocktail.
- Sugar rim. I find that the blueberries lend just the right amount of sweetness to this cocktail, but if you like you can give the martini glasses a sugar rim.
- Mocktails. Make a mocktail by omitting the vodka. You can top up the glass with soda water.
- Big Batch. Make a big batch of this delicious cocktail and serve it from a large pitcher. Since you won't be shaking the large batch with ice, start with cold ingredients and chill for several hours in the fridge. Give the pitcher a good stir with a cocktail stick before serving. You can use the "servings" button on the recipe card below to adjust the number of drinks for ingredient quantities.
More summer cocktail ideas
This blueberry martini is one of our favorites for summer, but we also love spiked rum iced tea, and watermelon vodka cocktails. A grapefruit vodka cocktail called a greyhound is a super refreshing choice. A rhubarb gin and tonic or a mango mojito are also delicious and refreshing fruity drinks.
If you're a fan of the Moscow mule, try a new twist with a Mexican mule, or an Irish mule.
And if it's bubbles you're looking for, you will love a prosecco margarita.
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Blueberry Martini
This blueberry martini recipe offers a refreshing twist on a classic lemon drop cocktail that's guaranteed to impress at your next dinner party or happy hour. This drink has a wow factor with it's stunning color and the vibrant flavors of fresh blueberries and lemon.
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Servings: 1 drink
Calories: 156kcal
Ingredients
Blueberry Martini
- 2 oz vodka
- 2 oz blueberry simple syrup
- 1 oz fresh lemon juice
- fresh blueberries for garnish
- fresh lemon slices for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add vodka, blueberry simple syrup, and lemon juice. Fill the remainder of the shaker with ice. Shake vigorously.
- Double strain into a chilled martini glass.
- Add fresh blueberries and garnish with a lemon slice. Repeat for each cocktail.
Notes
- Shake well. A martini needs to be ice cold, so use lots of ice in a cocktail shaker and really shake this drink. I like to shake it until the outside of the shaker is frosty.
- Double strain. Double straining means means first pouring the drink through the strainer attached to the cocktail shaker, as well as through a second strainer, like a fine mesh strainer or a Hawthorne strainer A good martini is ultra smooth, and double straining ensures that no flakes of ice or bits of fruit pulp end up in the martini glass. I use a small fine mesh strainer with a conical shape that's made for cocktails. You can also use a tea strainer.
- Blueberry syrup. Blueberry simple syrup is very easy to make and has lots of other uses. My recipe is simply blueberries added to equal parts sugar and water. However, you can use blueberry juice instead.
- Liqueur. Although I love the combination of blueberry and lemon, you can use an orange liqueur instead of the lemon juice. Triple sec, Cointreau, or Grand Marnier are all good options.
- Chill your glasses. I like to chill the martini glasses in the freezer before serving. Frosty glasses make for an extra cold and refreshing cocktail.
- Sugar rim. I find that the blueberries lend just the right amount of sweetness to this cocktail, but if you like you can give the martini glasses a sugar rim.
- Mocktails. Make a mocktail by omitting the vodka. You can top up the glass with soda water.
- Big Batch. Make a big batch of this delicious cocktail and serve it from a large pitcher. Since you won't be shaking the large batch with ice, start with cold ingredients and chill for several hours in the fridge. Give the pitcher a good stir with a cocktail stick before serving. You can use the "servings" button on the recipe card below to adjust the number of drinks for ingredient quantities.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 156kcal | Protein: 2g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 250IU | Vitamin C: 7.4mg | Iron: 0.2mg
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Dina
Colleen, your photography is so beautiful, it's not easy to do. I am enjoying browsing through your blog for inspiration and recipes. I have company for the next week so I am looking for ideas. This drink is a must as well as a few other recipes I see here. Thanks for sharing.
Colleen
Thanks so much for the lovely compliment, Dina. I have been really working on my photography skills. Yours always inspire me.