Traditional Martini Food

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.

TRADITIONAL MARTINI

Steps:

• First inspect your martini glass for cleanliness
• Then, fill the glass with ice and water.
• Next grab your cocktail shaker and fill it with ice and the appropriate alcohol. Shake the alcohol to properly chill it. (No more than 30 seconds, as the alcohol will dilute in the ice and lose its integrity.) Use lots of flair! Make your martinis memorable even if it is just Friday evening at home.
• Then dump out the water and ice from the glass.
• Next pour dry vermouth around the top edge of the glass, holding your finger over the air spout. (This controls the pour.)
• Then swirl the glass to make sure the vermouth has fully coated the inner surface of the glass.
• Next dump the vermouth into the sink, and strain in the chilled liquor.
• Finally, add the olive (or if they are small, several). I think it is always best to spear the olives with a cocktail pick of some sort, otherwise you will find your guests unseemly digging their fingers into their martini in order to retrieve the delectable olive. If you want a dirty martini add some olive juice.

CLASSIC MARTINI

Steps:

• Pour ice, vodka and vermouth into a glass shaker. Shake and pour into a martini glass. Garnish with olives or lemon twist.

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.

WORLD'S GREATEST MARTINI

Steps:

• Fill cocktail shaker with fresh ice cubes. Add about 1/2 ounce each dry and sweet vermouth. Shake enough to coat ice and pour off liquid. Add eight ounces gin to coated ice in shaker and shake vigorously. Pour into four chilled Martini glasses, garnish with pimiento-stuffed olive and serve.

ORIGINAL MARTINI

Steps:

• In mixing glass or cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine gin, vermouth, bitters, and simple syrup. Stir well, about 20 seconds, then strain into cocktail coupe or martini glass. Twist lemon peel directly over drink to release essential oils, garnish with green olive, and serve.

CLASSIC MARTINI

Steps:

• Stir ingredients over ice until exceedingly well chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a lemon twist.

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.