The Classic Martini

Two Classic Martinis served in glasses with an olive and white fairy lights in the background
  • 1 servings
  • A few minutes to prepare
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Ingredients

  • 1 frozen glass
  • 1tsp dry vermouth
  • 100ml gin
  • 1 olive
  • Optional instead of an olive
  • I lemon

Instructions

Shaken or stirred? Gin or vodka? Olives or lemon? A good slug of vermouth, or the merest whisper? The martini is the simplest and most adaptable of cocktails. But there are two unbreakable rules. All the ingredients and even the glassware must be icy cold. And the dangerously delicious result should be sipped slowly.

Put a teaspoon of dry vermouth into your frozen glass. Pour on 100ml gin. Add an olive. If you want a twist, peel a long, thin strip from the lemon and squeeze the skin over the glass to extract the oils. Rim the glass with the lemon oil, then drop into the mixture.

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