Drink and Cocktail Recipes 3
MARTINIS GALORE!
Standard Gin Martini
Many contend that the gin martini is the only mix fitting to wear the name "martini," and all other cocktails are impostors.
Ingredients
· 6 ounces of gin
· 5 drops of dry vermouth
· 2 small twists of lemon rind
· 2 olives
The mix
· Fill a glass martini shaker about 3/4 full of cracked, clean ice
· Pour your gin into the shaker and let stand for sixty seconds. Count down from sixty to zero
· Shake, shake, and shake. About fifteen, vigorous, diagonal shakes should do the trick.
· Put that shaker down and get two well chilled martini glasses from the fridge or freezer. Allow the shaker to rest for about another sixty seconds
· Into each glass drop two drops of vermouth (the fifth drop is just for good luck)
· Each glass gets a twist and an olive (the olive can be optional)
· Strain your very chilly gin into each glass
Standard Vodka Martini
Although this martini will certainly qualify as a standard martini, you'll often find that every bartender will create the drink with a slight (or perhaps not so slight) variation.
Ingredients
· 3 ounces of vodka
· 1 teaspoon vermouth
· 3 olives
The mix
· Pour your vodka into a well chilled shaker and let stand for sixty seconds. Count down from sixty to zero.
· While counting down, drop your vermouth into a frozen martini glass, swirl the vermouth around the glass and then pour it out.
· Shake, shake, and shake. About fifteen, vigorous, diagonal shakes followed by swirling the shaker a few times.
· Strain your freezing vodka into your glass.
· Spear your olives and gently slide them into the glass.
Chocolate Martini
1 1/2 shots chocolate liqueur
1 1/2 shots crème de cacao
1/2 shot vodka
2 1/2 shots half-and-half
Mix all ingredients in a shaker with ice, shake and pour into a chilled cocktail glass.
Apple Martini
1 part vodka
1 part DeKuyper® Sour Apple Pucker schnapps
1 part apple juice
Pour all ingredients into a shaker. Shake well and strain into a Martini glass.
Dirty Martini
Ingredients
· 6 ounces of vodka
· 1 teaspoon of vermouth
· 6 olives
· Toasted almond slivers
The mix
· Pour your Vodka into a well chilled shaker and let stand for thirty seconds.
· While counting down, drop your vermouth into 2 frozen martini glasses, swirl the vermouth around the glasses and then pour it out.
· Shake, shake, and shake. About twenty, vigorous, diagonal shakes followed by swirling the shaker a few times.
· Strain your freezing vodka into your glasses.
· Insert an almond sliver into each stuffed olive and spear 3 per toothpick.
· Spear your olives and gently slide them into the glass.
Lemon Martini
Ingredients
· 4 ounces of vodka
· 1/2 teaspoon of dry vermouth.
· 1 lemon twist.
· 1 thin lemon slice.
· 1 teaspoon Limoncello
The mix
· Rim your frozen martini glass with Lemon Twist cocktail candy and place back in the freezer until called for.
· Pour your vodka, vermouth and Limoncello into a shaker 3/4 full of ice.
· 20 energetic shakes (no stirring option on this one) should mix it nicely.
· Retrieve your martini glass and strain the mixture into it.
· Slit your lemon slice half way and slip it on to the rim of the glass.
· Add your lemon twist.
The Boardroom Smoky Martini
Ingredients
· 1/2 ounce dry vermouth.
· 4 ounces of gin
· 2 tablespoons Scotch (ten year old is preferred). You can experiment with any good, single malt Scotch
· 2 lemon twists
The mix
· Pour your vermouth and gin into a shaker 1/2 full of cracked ice.
· Shake, shake, and shake for a full minute. You may also stir for a full two minutes.
· Add your Scotch and stir 4 times in a counter-clockwise motion.
· Strain your smoky flavored martini into two well chilled martini glasses.
· Each glass gets a twist.
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