National Martini Day - Recipes

Martini Recipes 

When shaking cocktails, fill shaker with ice, add ingredients, and shake well.  Then strain into your cocktail glass.  (Cocktail glass should be chilled) You do this for these reasons:

·      Chilling your liquid

·      Combining your ingredients

·      Aerating the mixture

·      Expands alcohol and makes it fluffy

Basic Martin

5 – 6 drops of Vermouth

1 ½ oz of Gin (Vodka can also be used)

Shake well

Garnish with Olives or lemon twist

007 Martini

¼ oz Lillet

½ oz Vodka

1 ½ oz Gin

Shake well

Garnish with Lemon Twist

Lillet is an aperitif wine made with Bordeaux grapes and citrus liquers.

Alexander Nevsky Martini

In a chilled Rock Glass fill with ice.

¼ oz Chambord

1 oz Bombay Sapphire Gin

1 oz Stolichnaya Razveri Vodka

Stir well.

Garnish with fresh raspberry

Amadora Martini

In a chilled Rock Glass fill with ice

¼ oz Tawny Port

1 ½ oz Gin

Stir well

Garnish Lemon twist

Dry Martini

3 – 4 drops Vermouth

1 ½ oz Gin (can use Vodka)

Shake well

Garnish with Martini olives or Lemon Twist

Extra Dry – omit Vermouth

Dirty Martini – Carrie’s favorite

1 – 2 dashes Dry Vermouth

2 oz Vodka

1 oz olive juice (brine)

Shake well

Pour in a very chilled Martini Glass

Garnish with 4 olives

Lemon Drop Martini – Rachel’s favorite

2 oz Vodka

¾ oz Triple Sec

¼ oz Simple Syrup

¼ oz Roses Lime Juice

½ oz Sweet N Sour Mix

Shake well

Rim Martini glass with sugar

Fill glass all the way up

Garnish with lemon slice coated in sugar

Blue Martini – Sammy’s favorite (90 calories if you don’t eat the olives)

½ oz of Dry Vermouth

2 oz of Skinny Vodka

Shake well

Garnish with 2 Blue Cheese Stuffed Olives (for looks only)

Bitchin Martini – Client’s favorite

Fill cocktail Rock Glass with ice

½ oz Dry Vermouth

1 – 2 dashes Crème de Menthe

1 – 2 dashes Pernod

1 ½ oz of Gin (or more)

Stir well

Garnish with Lemon twist

Espresso Martini  - Monday morning office meeting staff favorite

1 oz Bailey’s

2 oz Vodka – preferably Tito’s

1 oz espresso cold brew

Shake well

Pour into coffee cup

Garnish with 3 coffee beans – health, wealth, and happiness