Tom Yum Martini
An adventurous savory cocktail capturing the essential flavors of Thai cuisine, featuring lemongrass-infused vodka, lime, chili heat, and a touch of fish sauce.
- 2 ozvodka(lemongrass-infused if available)
- ¾ ozfresh lime juice
- ½ ozsimple syrup(or palm sugar syrup)
- ¼ tspfish sauce(just a few drops)
- 1 slicethai chili(muddled)
- Kaffir lime leaf and red chiligarnish
- 1Muddle Thai chili slice in the shaker (adjust to heat preference).
- 2Add vodka, lime juice, simple syrup, and fish sauce.
- 3Add ice and shake vigorously.
- 4Double strain into a chilled martini glass.
- 5Garnish with a kaffir lime leaf and red chili slice.
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The Tom Yum Martini translates the flavors of Thailand's iconic sour soup — tom yum, whose name translates as "boiling spicy and sour" — into a contemporary cocktail format. Tom yum, made with lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, chili peppers, and often shrimp or mushrooms in a clear, intensely aromatic broth, is among the most recognized Thai dishes globally and was listed by CNN as one of the world's 50 most delicious foods in 2011. The cocktail version uses vodka as a neutral base for a combination of lemongrass syrup, fresh lime juice, galangal or ginger, and chili, recreating the soup's characteristic hot-and-sour flavor profile in cocktail form. It represents the broader trend of savory, culinary-inspired cocktails that gained traction in the 2010s craft cocktail movement.
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