Martini Help?!
Martini Help?
I am trying to make a really-really good Martini, stirred. I made this bet with some friends and whoever makes the best Martini wins, it has to be stirred. I am like a total beginner when it comes to making cocktails, can you give me an easy recipe for a great martini? thanks in advance.
Answers:
A fine martini is a worthwhile goal.
First: most martinis today are made far too dry for no reason. A classic martini can be up to 1/3 dry vermouth. Start with about 1/16 and work your way up till you find a ratio that you like. Most people overlook the quality of the vermouth they use. Martini and Rossi is a good choice. I don't care for Stock.
Second, which gin? Bombay Sapphire makes a lovely martini. If you prefer a vodka martini, Grey Goose and Ketel One are both excellent choices.
So: add ice, gin/vodka, vermouth to a glass pitcher. Stir with a glass stirrer, and pour through a cocktail strainer into a chilled martini glass. Add olives, onions, or a twist of lemon peel (try them all to decide which you prefer).
Get a Martini glass, add a sugar rim
Add gin, Absolute citron, dry Martini and top off with lemonade then squeeze in a slice of lime, then stir.
Enjoy!
Almost anything in a martini glass now days is called a "martini." I make several but one of the best is with Pomegranate Twist Mix from Rose's--it's in the mixer aisle. Follow the directions on the back--but stir instead of shake. Coat the rim of the glass with raw sugar. Good luck.
There are tons of different kinds, gin, vodka or crazy. Figure out what your friends would like, fruity sweet or classic. Check out this website to pick one you think they'd like... they are all pretty easy to make http://www.swankmartini.com/martini_reci...
Perfect solution, my own recipe: Chocolate martini!!!
Vanilla Vodka (Stoli makes a good one)
Godiva Chocolate liquer
make a chocolate rim by rubbing the edge of the glass with a damp cloth and then hot cocoa mix
make a pretty design with chocolate syrup in the glass before you pour in the mixture. stir easily over ice and strain into the glass. chocolate shavings make a nice touch....
oh if you want a kick... add a hint of cinnamon schnapps
A martini should be served in a chilled glass, and the gin or vodka should come out of the freezer.... if you must add dry (white) vermouth, spray it from an atomizer, or dribble some over a pile of ice cubes, and let a few drops fall onto the poured gin or vodka... then if it has to be stirred, swirl the glass gently from the base... For gin I recommend Hendricks and for vodka, Iceberg or Ketel One. Some people like a lemon or orange twist, or an olive... or you can add a pickled onion for a Gibson.
First of all, if it isn't gin or vodka and a small amount of vermouth, it isn't a martini. Period. Its another drink poured into a martini glass.
I like two shots of good gin poured into a shaker, 1/3 shot of vermouth, plenty of ice. Shake until the container is very cold and pour into a chilled martini glass. My garnish of choice is an olive. If you don't like the taste of gin or vodka, then a martini is not the best cocktail for you.
This is called an "extra dirty" martini. In a pint glass, add ice, three second pull of vodka (that's pouring for three sec's) one sec pull of dry vermouth, and olive juice (from a jar of spainish olives enough to make it look cloudy) stir, and strain into a chilled martini glass, put one or two olives in, and yum!
Here are the essentials:
cold martini glass
stirrer
Top-shelf gin or vodka, dry vermouth
Fruit: olives, lime, lemon, whatever you like
From these, you can make a very nice martini, but you want the best, so you need to ask yourself what types of drinks do you like? A classic martini is not for the faint of heart, many other martinis exist that are a little more fruity and have less of a taste of gin/vodka. My personal favourite:
This makes a double (the only way to drink martini's):
5 sec. pour of Bombay Saphire
1 sec. of dry vermouth
dash of olive juice
wedge of lime, rubbed around the rim and a twist of lemon in the drink. The fruit softens the strong taste.
My wife's fav: (aka cosmo-still in the martini family, just not traditional)
4 sec. Grey Goose
2 sec. grand marnier
1 sec. of rose's lime juice
1 sec. of cran juice
wedge of lime rubbed around the edge and for garnish.
make sure all ingredients are first poured over ice, a martini is best served well-chilled. Stir and enjoy. Hope it helps.
My husband's Favorite Martini is a capful of dry vermouth (martini & rossi) poured over ice 2 jiggers of freezer cold new amsterdam gin stirred,garnished with 2 queen olives with the pimentos removed & stuffed with Jalapeno slivers. Served in a frozen glass.
I like a pony of dry vermouth, and two jiggers New Amsterdam gin shaken over ice, strained into a frozen martini glass with 2 queen olives and a few drops of olive brine.
serve with salty crunchy things, like cashews, or honey roasted peanuts.
I am not a fan of the vodka martini, or the new fruity or other flavor martini, I guess I am just a purist when it comes to cocktails...
I'm currently working at a club that specializes in Martini's. First consider that there is a difference between a Martini, and a Martini cocktail. The Martini is and forevermore will be just that, the original beautiful gin martini although I will allow for the vodka martini. Martini cocktails are your Cote'd' Azures, Cosmopolitains, Ruby Reds, Pamatini's, etc. The original martini was 3 parts dry vermouth with a little gin thrown in, but that eventually evolved into what we consider to be our classical martini. Mine is 5oz Boodles Gin, 1oz dry vermouth, two queen olives stuffed with cream cheese and pancetta. Use a frosted martini glass, and allow the gin to steep over ice. A Martini should be as cold as possible. I prefer mine stirred but that is just subjective. Vodka martini's allow for the actual distillation of today's booming vodka industry to showcase itself. It's amusing when someone orders a premium vodka mixed with anything acidic, as the acid will neutralize the very point of the distillation. Like putting an afghan over an antique credenza. Any martini cocktails containing mixers should be shaken like crazy. Dirty martini's are very popular as well. I make dirty martini's using either/or Queen olive juice, or pepperoncini juice for spice. If you want something for the young novitiate martini cocktail drinker, try a caramel appletini. equal parts Buttershots, Apple Pucker, and Skyy Citrus vodka. If you want to turn the bar the other way, use some Wild Turkey Honey Bourbon, and sweet vermouth, then garnish with black olives stuffed with roasted butternut squash.
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