CLASSIC MARTINI -- GIN Recipe
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Ingredients:
2 1/2 oz. gin (Beefeater, Bombay Sapphire)
1/2 oz. dry vermouth
3 olives or a lemon twist for garnish
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Directions:STIRRED:
Pour the ingredients into a large mixing glass filled with ice cubes.
Stir for 30 seconds.
Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with 3 olives on a cocktail pic or with the lemon twist.
or SHAKEN:
Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker on top of ice.
Shake until frost develops on the outside of the shaker.
Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with 3 olives on a cocktail pic or with a lemon twist. |
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THIS IS THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS COCKTAIL.
It was originally made with gin and some believe in order to be a "true" martini it must be gin. However, here are some variations.
ALTERNATES:
Vodka martini -- substitute the gin for a good quality of vodka (Gray Goose, Belvedere)
Bone Dry or Desert Martini -- No vermouth
Dirty Martini -- Add a small amount of olive brine from the jar of olives
Quality counts. The key to a great martini is to begin with great ingredients. There are only 2 ingredients in this cocktail and if one of them is inferior it will bring down the entire drink.
QUOTE:
"T'was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it."
-- W. C. Fields
QUOTE:
"Happiness is a dry martini and a good woman...or a bad woman."
-- George Burns
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