Martini Recipes

[Southcote Spur]

I know that this is going to sound incredibly hoo-ray Henry-ish, but I have recently started to really enjoy a nice dry martini (or three) after work on a Friday evening. Do any discerning members of this board have the best set of ingredients for the perfect martini, ie the best gin, vodka and vermouth to get the best out of this drink?

 

[Trixster]

1 oz cold espresso
1 1/2 oz Absolut® vodka
1 1/2 oz Kahlua® coffee liqueur
1 oz white creme de cacao

Espresso Martini - Pour ingredients into shaker filled with ice, shake vigorously, and strain into chilled martini glass. It should be somewhat frothy.

Try here: http://****tails.about.com/od/****tailrecipes/a/flvr_mrtnis_2.htm
Obvs replace the *'s with c.ock..

 

[Skinhead in a Suit]

^^ [-X

Just because a drink is served in a martini glass does not make it a martini.

A traditional martini has 3 ingrediants... Gin, dry vermouth and an olive. Replace the gin with vodka and it becomes a Vodkatini, but in all fairness this is generally accepted as a Martini nowadays.

Vodkas don't really vary much in taste (except Absolut which tastes like rubbing alcohol - fantastic marketing dept. though). With Gin, there is a lot more room to experiment. London Dry gins use more juniper so have the heavy "pine tree" taste that a lot of younger people do not like. The main alternative to these are the lighter flavored gins such as Bombay Sapphire, Tanqueray 10 and Hendricks (flavored with cucumber and rose petals). There are several smaller production gins that focus on a more citrus style coming out these days, and I even tasted one from Washington state that substitutes hops for juniper which was very nice.

Also, do not be like Bond and ask for your Martini to be shaken, not stirred. This is a misconception. A martini should be stirred so as to not impart so much water into the drink and thus produce a watered-down ****tail.

 

[raboner]

Sloe Gin Fizz is where it's at.

 

[Gordinho]

Angostura Bitters, Gin, Dry Martini, Bitter Lemon, crushed ice. I don't know the proper name for it but I love it.

 

[Crawley]

Angostura Bitters, Gin, Dry Martini, Bitter Lemon, crushed ice. I don't know the proper name for it but I love it.

Gay Fizz?