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Bracing and crisp
Gin
The epitome of elegance and taste, the Martini is as stiff a drink as ever there was and should be approached with caution. Three of these and the floor won’t seem quite so stable
How To Make It
Place the Martini glass and stirring glass in the freezer three hours beforehand to chill. Martini recipes are very personal – the amount of vermouth used is open to debate – but a standard 5:1 formula is generally accepted as the best. However this is a wet recipe, calling for an increase in vermouth which takes some of the strength away and is best enjoyed in the early evening.
Ingredients
- 60ml gin
- 30ml dry vermouth
- cubed ice
- lemon twist or olives
Equipment
- chilled martini glass
- mixing glass
- shot measure
- julep strainer
- stirring spoon
Method
- Pour the gin and vermouth into the chilled stirring glass.
- Fill the stirring glass half with ice.
- Stir the liquid for at least 3 minutes. This doesn’t have to be constant stirring but the liquid needs enough time with the ice to reduce the temperature.
- Strain into the chilled Martini glass.
- Garnish with a lemon twist or olives.
Did you know?
It’s unclear by whom, or exactly when, the first true Dry Martini was mixed – that is to say a cocktail using Plymouth or London dry gin with French vermouth and using no syrup of any kind. However it did happen and by 1900, the Dry Martini had managed to eclipse all other versions.Make this Cocktail
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