Name: French Kiss
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice; 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 1/2 cups water; 1 1/2 cups dry vermouth (12 oz); 1 1/2 cups sweet vermouth (12 oz); 6 strips of fresh lemon peel removed with a vegetable peeler; 6 (6-oz) glasses

Recipe information

Yield
Serves 6

Ingredients

For lemonade ice cubes

1/2 cup fresh lemon juice

2 tablespoons sugar

1 1/2 cups water

For drinks

1 1/2 cups dry vermouth (12 oz)

1 1/2 cups sweet vermouth (12 oz)

6 strips of fresh lemon peel removed with a vegetable peeler

Special Equipment

6 (6-oz) glasses

Preparation

Make ice cubes:
Step 1
Stir together juice and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Stir in water, then pour into an ice tray and freeze until hard, about 3 hours.
Make drinks:
Step 2
Stir together vermouths and lemonade ice cubes in a pitcher until vermouth is chilled. Run a lemon strip around rim of each glass and drop into glass. Fill glasses with vermouth mixture, including ice cubes.

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