For a vegetal take on Spain’s Vermut & Tonic, Leyenda’s Leanne Favre turns to cherry tomatoes, which are muddled into a simple syrup, alongside cucumber tonic water and a cucumber ribbon. The juicy, refreshing drink also incorporates blanco vermouth and fresh lemon juice.
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Leanne Favre | Brooklyn, New York
Ingredients
Serving: 1
- 3 cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 ounce simple syrup (1:1, sugar to hot water)
- 1 1/2 ounces blanco vermouth, preferably Lustau Vermut Blanco
- 1/2 ounce lemon juice
- Fever-Tree Refreshingly Light Cucumber Tonic Water, to top
Garnish: cucumber ribbon and cherry tomato
Directions
- Wrap a cucumber ribbon around the inside of a highball glass, then fill the glass with ice. Set aside in the freezer.
- In the bottom of a cocktail shaker, muddle cherry tomatoes in simple syrup.
- Add vermouth, lemon juice and ice to the shaker.
- Shake well, and fine-strain into the prepared highball glass.
- Top with cucumber tonic water.
- Garnish with a cherry tomato on a pick.