This Classic Raspberry Martini is a fruity and refreshing cocktail that combines the sweetness of raspberries with tangy lemon juice. With just a few simple ingredients, it's an easy and elegant drink to make at home.
Note: This recipe was originally published in February 2019, but has been improved and re-photographed. We hope you enjoy the new look!
This drink is made with our homemade raspberry simple syrup to give it a stunning sweet raspberry flavor and a beautiful pink color. It's a sweet cocktail with luscious fruity flavors and a vodka base. You only need a few fresh ingredients to bring it together.
You may also like this creamy espresso martini, this blood orange gin cocktail, this limoncello spritz, or this lavender gin cocktail.
For more raspberry cocktails, try our Floradora cocktail, this raspberry mule, or this raspberry mojito.
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❤️Why we love this recipe
- Perfect for special occasions. Whether it's Easter, Mother's Day Brunch, or a romantic dinner on Valentine's Day, the stunning pink hue of this cocktail makes it the perfect drink to mix up. You may also like this spooky Vampire's kiss cocktail for Halloween!
- Simple ingredients. This fruity cocktail is made with only 3 simple ingredients, homemade raspberry syrup, fresh lemon juice, and plain vodka. Grab a few fresh raspberries to garnish it and you're good to go!
- Quick and easy. After the raspberry simple syrup is prepared, this drink comes together in less than 5 minutes.
- Fun riff on a traditional martini. This lemon raspberry martini is the perfect twist on the classic martini, with a fruit-forward flavor!
- Suits multiple diet types. This recipe is naturally vegan and gluten-free! It can be made sugar free as well by making a simple swap in the simple syrup recipe.
🍋Ingredients
Here are the ingredients we used for this recipe. You can find more information for substitutions below.
- Lemon juice - Freshly squeezed.
- Raspberry simple syrup - We make a delightful raspberry simple syrup made with fresh raspberry and it is absolutely delicious. The syrup comes together in just a few minutes but will need to chill completely before adding it to the cocktail shaker, or else it will melt the ice too much. The simple syrup can be prepared 2 weeks in advance.
- Vodka
- Ice
- Fresh raspberries - For garnishing the drink.
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✨Substitutions & variations
Here are a few suggestions on additional flavors to try, or simple variations to this recipe.
- Lower ABV. Want to lower the alcohol content? No problem! Just add less alcohol, or replace the vodka with your favorite liqueur.
- Mocktail. Swap the vodka for water and shake everything up.
- Less sweet. Add more or less raspberry syrup to suit your taste preferences.
- Swap the citrus juice. You can use lime juice, fresh grapefruit juice, or even orange juice for the lemon juice.
- Can be made sugar free. Simply follow the instructions for swapping sugar for allulose when preparing your raspberry simple syrup.
- Use flavored vodka. Instead of using plain vodka, you can use flavored vodka if you like. We'd recommend raspberry, lemon, or some other citrus-flavored vodka.
- Swap the liquor. You can swap vodka for tequila, gin, or rum if you prefer.
🔪Prep work
- Make the simple syrup first if doing this on the day of. The raspberry simple syrup can be made at least 2 weeks in advance if stored in an airtight container in the fridge.
- Squeeze lemon juice.
- Chill the cocktail glasses. You can place ice cubes in your cocktail glass, then dump them out to chill the glass before adding the finished cocktail. Or, you can simply place the glasses in the freezer.
- Measure out all remaining ingredients.
📋Instructions
In a cocktail shaker with ice, add lemon juice. (Image 1)
Next, pour in the raspberry simple syrup. (Image 2)
Now, add in the vodka. (Image 3)
Shake vigorously to chill, for about 15-20 seconds, then, strain into chilled cocktail glasses, like coupe or martini glasses. (Image 4)
Garnish with fresh raspberries, and enjoy!
✨Pro Tip: If there are shards of ice in your shaker coming out into your drink, you can always double strain the cocktail through a fine mesh strainer (affiliate link) into your glass.
✨Tips & tricks
- Sweeten to taste. Add more or less simple syrup according to your preferences.
- Use fresh lemon juice. When it comes to the ingredients, use the highest quality you can since there are only a few ingredients in the cocktail. Fresh lemon juice will make all the difference.
- Use high-quality vodka. Once again, this will make all the difference in flavor.
- Shake vigorously. This will give you a nice frothy top to the cocktail, as well as incorporate and chill the ingredients well.
- Make sure the simple syrup is cold. You will want your ingredients to be nice and cold so that you don't end up melting the ice.
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💭Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is best enjoyed right away, and we don't recommend making it in advance. However, if you need to save it, store it in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 days. Do not freeze.
You can squeeze the lemon juice about 1 day in advance, and you can make simple syrup up to 2 weeks in advance.
To make a large batch, mix the vodka, lemon juice, and raspberry syrup really well in a pitcher. If desired, you can add some ice, but just be warned that it will melt into the drink and dilute it over time.
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📖 Recipe
Raspberry Martini
Equipment
- cocktail shaker
Ingredients
- 1 ounce fresh lemon juice
- 1.5 ounces raspberry simple syrup
- 1.5 ounces vodka
- ice for cocktail shaker
- raspberries for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker with ice, add lemon juice, vodka, and raspberry simple syrup.
- Shake vigorously for 15-20 seconds to chill.
- Strain into a chilled cocktail glass, like a martini or coupe glass. Garnish with fresh raspberries. Enjoy right away!
Notes
- Sweeten to taste. Add more or less simple syrup according to your preferences.
- Use fresh lemon juice. When it comes to the ingredients, use the highest quality you can since there are only a few ingredients in the cocktail. Fresh lemon juice will make all the difference.
- Use high-quality vodka. Once again, this will make all the difference in flavor.
- Shake vigorously. This will give you a nice frothy top to the cocktail, as well as incorporate and chill the ingredients well.
- Make sure the simple syrup is cold. You will want your ingredients to be nice and cold so that you don't end up melting the ice. You can make our raspberry simple syrup up to 2 weeks in advance, and store it in an airtight container in the fridge.
- Sugar free. To make this recipe sugar free, just follow the instructions to swap out the sugar for allulose when making the raspberry simple syrup.
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