Dry Martini Food

DIRTY MARTINI

Steps:

• Fill a shaker with ice. Add 1 ounce olive juice and 2 ounces each gin and dry vermouth. Shake well, then strain into a martini glass. Add a dash of bitters and garnish with an olive.

THE CLASSIC VODKA 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.

VODKA MARTINI

Steps:

• Fill your Martini glass with ice to chill.
• Pour the Grey Goose Vodka and the chilled Noilly Prat vermouth into a cocktail shaker.
• Add the ice and stir for 30 seconds.
• Empty your glass of ice and pour in the drink through a strainer.
• Garnish with a twist of lemon.

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.

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.

DIRTY MARTINI

Steps:

• Put two martini glasses in the fridge to chill. Thread the olives onto two cocktail sticks and set aside.
• Fill a jug or mixing glass with the ice, then pour in the gin, vermouth and olive brine. Stir until the outside of the jug feels cold. Taste to make sure that it's icy cold and that you're happy with the dilution.
• Strain the mix into the chilled glasses and garnish with the olive skewers.

DIRTY MARTINI

Steps:

• Mix all the ingredients (except the olive) in a coctail mixer with 2 ice cubes.
• Put it in a frozen martini glass and the olive on a wooden stick.

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.

MARTINI

Steps:

• Stir the gin or vodka, dry vermouth and a little ice together or put them in a cocktail shaker to combine.
• Strain into a chilled martini glass. Serve with an olive on a cocktail stick or a twist of lemon peel.