Martini

martini

The Martini, more so than any other drink, embodies the class and style of the cocktail in the popular imagination. Truly the king of cocktails.

• Martini from the Wikibooks Bartending Guide -- original source of recipe, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

Ingredients

• 3 oz gin
• ½ oz dry (white/blanc) vermouth (such as Noilly Prat, alternately Martini & Rossi)

Garnish

• a twist of lemon peel (including the pith); OR,
• cocktail olives, 1 to 4, depending on taste, queen size at minimum. Olive juice can be added to make it a Dirty Martini.

Directions

1. Fill a martini glass with ice and water, set aside.
2. Fill the glass half of a two-piece mixing glass to the top with ice, add 1 oz. dry vermouth.
3. Add 2 oz. gin, stir gently until well-chilled.
4. Discard ice and soda water from the martini glass.
5. Strain martini into glass.
6. Garnish with one olive (two makes it a Franklin).
7. Serve

Notes

"Proper" proportions are a matter of personal taste; "perfect" is 50-50 gin and vermouth; "dry" increases proportion of gin, "sweet" increases proportion of vermouth.