Dry Martini
When concocting a martini you need to take of aspects into consideration especially the way the drink needs to be mixed, shaken and stirred and the garnishes that one needs to use. If done in the right way there is a great possibility that you will be able to concoct the best dry martini. Basically ingredients used in the concoction of a dry martini tend to be on the cooler side to give the person the feeling of sipping on something that is dry. Consider yourself sucking a piece of ice, and it makes your mouth feel numb and dry.
Here is a typical dry martini recipe which requires the following ingredients:- 1 and 1/4 ounce of gin
- Splash of extra dry vermouth
- Cocktail olives
- Ice
Take the gin and the vermouth in a martini shaker filled with about four ice cubes. Shake or stir the drink depending on how you would like your martini. Now strain the drink into chilled martini glass and add a few cocktail olives to the drink. Serve.
Here is another exquisite and elegant concoction of a dry martini recipe. This recipe calls for the following ingredients which are as follows:- One teaspoon of vermouth
- One ounce of white port
- One ounce of mint flavored gin
Take ice in a cocktail shaker till the shaker is half filled. Now add the gin and the white port and the vermouth over the ice and let them mix together. Shake the concoction well and strain the drink into chilled martini glasses and garnish with a lemon peel or an olive.
The below mentioned gin cocktail recipe is a total different approach one would take when concocting a dry martini recipe. The cocktail calls for the following ingredients:- Two ounces of gin
- Splash of bitter
- A lemon peel for garnish
Take the bitters and the gin in a shaker filled with ice, shake them together. Strain the drink into a cocktail glass and serve with a garnishing of lemon peel. The bitter and the gin act like the combination of the classic vermouth and gin seen in a dry martini.
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