Holiday Genie Martini

The "Holiday Genie"
Loves a Lemon Drop Martini

1 1/2 ounces vodka
1/2 ounce Triple Sec
1 teaspoon superfine sugar
3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
Ice cubes
Lemon wedge
Superfine sugar for dipping
Twisted peel of lemon

One serving...

Put some ice and a couple of tablespoons of water into a festive martini glass. Set it aside.

Please 1/4 cup of superfine sugar on a large plate or cutting board and spread it around. Set it aside.

Mix the vodka, Triple Sec, sugar, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice; shake well - good arm exercise - at least 30 times.

Empty ice water out of the glass, rub the lemon wedge around the drinking edge of the glass, then turn the glass upside down into the sugar till sugar sticks to the edge.

Pour strained liquid into a sugar-rimmed martini glass and garnish with a lemon twist.