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Vodka Martini
Combine 2 ounces of vodka with a splash of dry vermouth.
Pour over a handful of ice in a martini shaker or pitcher. Gently stir. Put
strainer over shaker and pour into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a
green olive on a toothpick or spear.
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Cosmopolitan Martini
In a martini pitcher filled with a few ice cubes, stir in 1 1/2 ounces of
vodka with 1/2 teaspoon of dry vermouth and 1/2 ounce of cranberry juice.
Stir, strain, and pour into a martini glass.
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Mambo Martini
This martini is made up ahead of time and is very simple.
Watch out, it packs a punch!
2 cups (500ml) Vodka
1 1/4 cups (290g) peeled fresh pineapple
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and sliced
1/4 cup (60ml) pineapple juice
In a pitcher or any other glass container, combined vodka, pineapple slices
and the jalapeno peppers.
Cover and let stand for 24 to 48 hours (the longer the mixture stands the
spicier it gets).
When ready to serve, add pineapple juice and ice cubes. Shake vigorously and
then strain into chilled Martini glasses.
Makes four power punching martini cocktails.
Recipe from the "I Love Lucy" Cookbook,
published by Abbeville Press
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The Classic Vodka Martini
6 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Vermouth
Scotch Whiskey
Green olives, twist of lemon or pearl cocktail onions
Chill two martini glasses on ice or in the freezer.
Fill martini shaker with ice and add vermouth.
Cover and shake a few moments and then drain off vermouth. Add Vodka and well
shake again.
Take martini glasses off ice or out of the freezer and rinse with just enough
Scotch Whiskey to coat the glasses.
Shake off any excess. Pour out vodka and garnish with olives, lemons or
cocktail onions.
Makes two 3 oz. Martinis
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Winston Churchill Martini
6 oz. Gin
Bottle of Dry Vermouth
Cocktail Olives
Shake gin in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into chilled martini glasses
while looking at the bottle of vermouth. Garnish with olives. Makes two
extremely dry martinis.
Recipe from "The Martini Book",
by Sally Anne Berk
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You could make this and leave out the Rosemary
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Rosemary martini recipe
A vodka martini infused with fresh rosemary.
12 oz. Vodka
2 oz. Dry Vermouth
3 tbsp. Fresh Crushed Rosemary
4 Lemon Twists
4 Rosemary Sprigs
8 Ice Cubes
A day ahead of time, fill a glass pint jar with vodka and drop the rosemary
into the vodka. Two hours before serving, strain the rosemary vodka into a
pitcher discarding the rosemary. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Swirl the vermouth around the insides of four martini glasses and discard the
excess vermouth.
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add rosemary vodka. Shake vigorously with
a side-to-side motion. Strain and pour. Garnish with lemon twists and rosemary
springs.
Title: Rosemary martini recipe
Description:A vodka martini recipe infused with fresh rosemary.