Classic Martini Recipe Perfect Martini Food

MAKING THE PERFECT MARTINI

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a mixing glass filled with ice cubes, pour the gin and both vermouths.
• Stir well for at least 30 seconds.
• Strain into a chilled cocktail glass .
• Garnish with a lemon twist or skewer of olives. Serve and enjoy.

CLASSIC DRY MARTINI

Steps:

• In mixing glass or cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine gin and vermouth. Stir well, about 30 seconds, then strain into martini glass. Garnish with olive or lemon twist and serve.

THE CLASSIC MARTINI

Steps:

• Pour a little bit of dry vermouth in a chilled martini glass and swirl to
• coat the inside of the glass. Dispose of excess vermouth. In a shaker full of ice,
• gently swirl or stir the vodka before straining into glass.
• Serving suggestion:Garnish with olives or lemon twist and add rocks if you like

CLASSIC MARTINI

Steps:

• Shake the olive brine extra cold with large ice in a cocktail shaker. In a chilled Nick and Nora glass, drop in a dash of vermouth and coat the inside of the glass to season it. Strain the olive brine into the glass. Fill with frozen gin of choice. Add 1 olive on a crystal pick and serve.

CLASSIC MARTINI

Steps:

• Shake the gin and vermouth in a shaker with ice. Strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with olives.

THE CLASSIC GIN MARTINI

Steps:

• Pour a little bit of dry vermouth in a chilled martini glass and swirl to
• coat the inside of the glass. Dispose of excess vermouth. In a shaker full of ice,
• gently swirl or stir the gin before straining into glass.
• Serving suggestion: Garnish with olives, lemon twist or cocktail onion and add rocks if you like.

MARTINI

Steps:

• Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice; shake vigorously.
• Strain into a chilled glass.
• Garnish with olive.
• **Cajun Martini: substitute jalapeno-infused vodka or gin for regular gin; garnish with a pickled tomato or okra, or a tiny whole red or green chile.
• **Dirty Martini: add 1 to 2 teaspoons olive brine.
• **Fino Martini: substitute 2 teaspoons fino sherry for the vermouth.
• **Gibson: garnish with a cocktail onion.
• **Paisley Martini: reduce vermouth to 1 1/2 teaspoon; add 1 teaspoon Scotch; garnish with lemon twist.
• **Perfect Martini: use half sweet vermouth and half dry vermouth; garnish with orange slice.
• **Rumtini: substitute light rum for gin; garnish with lime twist.
• **Saketini: substitute sake for the vermouth; garnish with lemon twist or olive.
• **Scotini: substitute Scotch for the vermouth; garnish with lemon twist.
• **Sweet Martini: substitute sweet vermouth for the dry vermouth; garnish with orange slice.
• Tequini: substitute tequila for gin.

CLASSIC GIN MARTINI

Steps:

• Put a martini glass in the fridge to chill for 10 mins. Pour the gin and vermouth into a mixing glass or jug filled with ice cubes. Stir with a mixing spoon until the outside of the glass is very cold, then taste to check the dilution. If needed, continue to stir until the martini is diluted and chilled to your liking.
• Strain the martini into the chilled glass and serve.