CLASSIC · VODKA

Vodka Martini

Name: Vodka Martini
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Vodka; 15 ml Dry Vermouth; Cocktail Olive

A sleek, ice-cold classic that lets premium vodka shine, balanced by just a whisper of dry vermouth and finished with a briny olive.

Ingredients

Vodka60 ml

Dry Vermouth15 ml

Cocktail Olive

Glassware

Cocktail glass

Chilled.

Flavor

Brine · Cream · Olive · Sea salt · Vanilla

Estimated profile

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Method

1
Fill a mixing glass two-thirds full with ice cubes.
2
Add 60ml vodka and 15ml dry vermouth.
3
Stir for 30 seconds until well chilled and properly diluted.
4
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
5
Garnish with a cocktail olive on a pick and serve immediately.

From the Bartender

Always stir a Vodka Martini - never shake - to achieve silky dilution without the unwanted aeration and ice shards that shaking introduces. For a drier result, simply reduce the vermouth to 5ml or coat the glass with vermouth and discard before straining.

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