How To Make a Prickly Pear Martini

You may have heard of the Prickly Pear Margarita. Well, here's an excellent Martini cocktail made from the prickly pear cactus fruit.

This drink mixer is great for adding color and flavor to martini & margarita cocktails, saké, non-alcoholic or hard lemonade and much more.

The reddish-purple prickly pear fruit is high in antioxidants, Vitamin C and is said to reduce many hang-over symptoms.

Ingredients

• 3/4oz Premium vodka
• 3/4oz Limoncello liqueur
• 1/2oz Pêra™ Prickly Pear Syrup
• 1/2oz Dry vermouth
• 1/2oz 7-Up®

Step 1  

Pour ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.

Step 2  

Shake vigorously and strain into sugar rimmed martini glass.

Step 3  

Finally, add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. Typically, a quarter or half lemon will be sufficient. Enjoy!!!

Tips

• If you don't have a glass rimming kit, simply slide a lemon wedge around the rim of your glass, then dip into a plate filled with white or colored sugar.

Warnings

• Drink responsibly.

Things You'll Need

• Cocktail shaker
• Cocktail ice
• Premium Vodka
• Limoncello liqueur
• Pêra™ Prickly Pear Drink Mixer
• Dry vermouth
• 7-Up®
• Fresh Lemon
• Rim sugar