How To Make a Classic Martini
- December 3, 2007
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Produced by
Howcast Media
Directed by
Kevin Hall
Voice-Over Artist
Georgia Haege
Production Designer
Karin Olsen
Music
Edison Music Corp
Actor
Dew Gueramian
The days of the three-martini lunch may be over, but this sophisticated drink will never go out of style.
You Will Need
- 2 1/2 oz. gin (or vodka)
- Ice
- 1/2 oz. dry vermouth
- Small, chilled olives with no pimento
- A mixing glass
- A cocktail strainer
- A clean napkin or cloth
- A martini glass
- A long spoon
- And a toothpick
Step 1: Chill glass
Chill the martini glass by filling it with ice and water and set it aside.
Martinis should be very cold—storing your martini and mixing glass in the freezer will keep your finished drink even cooler, longer.
Step 2: Fill with ice
Fill the mixing glass with ice.
Step 3: Add gin
Add the gin.
A traditional martini is made with gin, but a vodka martini simply replaces one liquor with the other.
Step 4: Add dry vermouth
Add the dry vermouth.
A dry martini has less vermouth—for a very, very dry martini, just coat the ice cubes with vermouth, then dump out the actual liquor.
Step 5: Stir
Stir with the spoon about 50 times, making sure your liquids are well mixed and chilled by the ice. Save the “shaken, not stirred” shtick for a James Bond martini.
Step 6: Empty & wipe
Empty the ice water from the now-chilled martini glass and quickly wipe the inside to remove any trace of moisture.
Step 7: Strain into glass
Strain the gin and vermouth mixture into the martini glass.
Step 8: Garnish
Garnish your martini with one or three olives – tradition holds that only an odd number of olives should be used in a martini – and serve.
Winston Churchill liked his martinis so dry that he reportedly made them with straight gin, looked at a bottle of vermouth across the room, and drank.
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Comments (3)
I do believe that shaking the martini give the drink a different taste, I prefer shaken. Also the better bartenders don't put the Vermouth in the actual drink. Coat the inside of the glass and then throw out the excess, should only be a hint of vermouth in the drink.
over 4 years ago by jeffrey
Shaking does give the martini a different taste because it waters down the alcohol causing the overall drink itself to not be as ";strong";. The original recipe for a martini calls for 3/4 oz of vermouth. If all you do is coat the glass with the vermouth why would bars even waste their liquor to make the drink?
about 1 year ago by Dezzaray_Wood
The color of wine is a little plain,but may be tasty.
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4 months ago by Pamela123_
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