Memorial Day Cocktails

A couple of cocktails for the start of summer, both tangy and delicious. There's one for the adults and one for the kids or those that don't like alcohol. The adult version uses Lillet, an aperitif blend of wine, orange liquors and quinine, and Noilly Prat, a vermouth. You can use any vermouth but drier is better.

Mayday Martini (via modernemama)
3 measures gin
2 measures Lillet
1 measure Noilly Prat
Tonic water
Lemon
Cherries

Over ice cubes in a cocktail shaker pour the gin, Lillet and Noilly Prat. Shake. Strain into an ice cold Martini glass. Top up with tonic water. Garnish with a slice of lemon and a cherry.
You can also serve this in a highball glass over ice and top it up with more tonic water for an even more refreshing drink.

Sparkling Cherry Lemonade
1 lemon
1 cup cold water
2 teaspoons sugar, or to taste
Ice cubes
6 pitted sweet cherries
Indian Tonic Water

Zest the lemon and squeeze the lemon juice into a small bowl. Add water and sugar. Stir and strain.
Place cherries in bottom of two tall glasses and muddle them with a spoon. Add ice cubes then pour in lemonade. Stir. Top up with Indian tonic water and garnish with a slice of lemon.