The Perfect Martini Recipes

THE PERFECT MARTINI

Steps:

• In a pint glass or cocktail shaker, add ice, gin and vermouth. Allow them to sit, without shaking or stirring, for 2-3 minutes. You can swirl it a few times if you want.
• If you are zesting the lemon, do it right over the martini glass.
• Strain the martini into a chilled martini glass, give the lemon zest a twist over the glass and add it to the drink.
• Serve right away to your adoring fans.

HOW TO MAKE A CLASSIC MARTINI LIKE A PRO

Steps:

• Fill a metal shaker with cracked ice.
• Pour in the dry vermouth, stir briefly, and strain out (this may be discarded).
• Add 4 ounces of gin. Stir briskly for about 10 seconds.
• Strain into a chilled cocktail glass, and garnish with olives or a lemon twist.

VODKA MARTINI COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Combine vodka and dry vermouth in a cocktail mixing glass. Fill with ice and stir until chilled. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
• Garnish with three olives on a toothpick.

MAKING THE PERFECT MARTINI

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a mixing glass filled with ice cubes, pour the gin and both vermouths.
• Stir well for at least 30 seconds.
• Strain into a chilled cocktail glass .
• Garnish with a lemon twist or skewer of olives. Serve and enjoy.

THE DIRTY MARTINI

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a mixing glass filled with ice, pour the gin, dry vermouth, and olive juice.
• Stir well for at least 30 seconds.
• Strain into a chilled cocktail glass .
• Garnish with 1 or 3 olives. Serve and enjoy. Many people prefer to use the brine that is in a jar of olives for dirty martinis. And why not? If you have olives, you have salty juice right there. It is a very convenient and cheap addition to the drink. Plus, with all the gourmet olives available-stuffed with everything from the standard pimento to blue cheese or jalapeño-each brine brings a slightly different taste to the martini. There are also many olive juices available that are designed specifically for the dirty martini. They can vary quite a bit in taste, though they're interesting to explore. It may take some time to discover which bottled olive juice you like best, so keep trying. Dirty Sue is a favorite for many dirty martini devotees. You might also try the cocktail-worthy olive juices from Boscoli, Fee Brothers, Filthy, Fragata, or Stirrings.
• Place the olives in a glass jar with a tight-sealing lid. Recycled olive jars are a natural choice, and Mason jars work great as well.
• Gently press the olives with the back of a wooden spoon firmly enough to release their juice. Try not to smash them as if you're muddling fruit for a cocktail.
• In a bowl, combine the other ingredients and mix well.
• Pour the liquid over the olives until they are completely covered. Leave a little room for air at the top of the jar.
• Seal the jar and shake it vigorously.
• Refrigerate for at least one day (longer is better) and shake before using the juice. If your juice gets a little low for the olives left in the jar, add more vermouth and give the mix a good shake.

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 MARTINI RECIPE - PERFECT MARTINI RECIPE:

Steps:

• Chill martini glasses by placing in the freezer. A properly chilled martini glass means they should be in the freezer for a minimum of one hour prior to making martini cocktails.
• Place 7 to 8 ice cubes in the chilled glass pitcher or metal cocktain shaker. Note: Your glass pitcher or metal shaker should also be stored in the freezer.
• Pour gin or vodka and vermouth into the chilled glass pitcher or a metal cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes. Either shake or stir until cold (your choice) at least 10 seconds.
• Strain into a chilled martini cocktail glass. Serve straight up (no ice in the glass).
• Garnish with either a couple of olives or a lemon twist. My preference is three large olives.
• Makes 1 fantastic classic martini.

PERFECT DIRTY MARTINI

Steps:

• Combine the gin, vermouth, and olive juice in a cocktail mixing glass (or any other type of glass). Fill the mixing glass with 1 handful ice and stir continuously for 30 seconds until very cold.
• Strain the drink into a cocktail or martini glass (purists chill the glass first). Garnish with an olive.

DIRTY VODKA MARTINI

Steps:

• Add ice cubes and cold water to a martini glass to chill glass.
• Add vodka, vermouth and olive juice into a martini shaker, add ice and shake to chill.
• Drain water from martini glass and strain martini from shaker into the glass.
• Add olives and serve.
• Also fabulous with bleu cheese stuffed olives!

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.

PERFECT GIN MARTINI

Steps:

• Fill a martini pitcher with ice. Pour in the gin, vermouth and anise liqueur. Stir or shake until extremely cold. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with an olive.

THE BEST COSMOPOLITAN MARTINI

Steps:

• Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously for about 30 seconds. Pour through the strainer into chilled martini glasses.