Raspberry Truffle Martini

Name: Raspberry Truffle Martini
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2 drinks
Ingredients: 3 oz vodka (90 ml); 2 oz chocolate liqueur (60 ml); 1 oz raspberry liqueur (30 ml); 1 oz heavy cream (30 ml); raspberries on a pick, cocoa for the rim

This is for the end of the night: a drink that tastes like the chocolates you forgot to buy. The cream makes it silky, and shaking it very hard gives a fine foam. Serve it after dinner in place of dessert, or alongside it.

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What you'll need

3 oz vodka (90 ml)
2 oz chocolate liqueur (60 ml)
1 oz raspberry liqueur (30 ml)
1 oz heavy cream (30 ml)
raspberries on a pick, cocoa for the rim

How to make it

Chill two martini glasses. If you like a rim, moisten it with a little liqueur and dip it in cocoa.
Shake all the liquids hard with lots of ice for 15 seconds.
Strain into the glasses and add the raspberries.
Glass: Two chilled martini glasses. Garnish: Two raspberries on a cocktail pick, and a little cocoa on the rim if you like.

Chef's secrets

Use real chilled cream, not milk.

Shake longer than feels necessary; the dilution is what makes it smooth.

Good to know

Make ahead

Not a make-ahead drink.