How to Mix a Martini

Relax at home with a martini.

Hearing the clinking of the ice cubes and the shaking of the martini shaker just makes one feel like relaxing. Once the workday is finished and you're ready to kick back, you can enjoy a martini from the privacy of your own backyard. With just a few fun ingredients, you can mix up your own martinis in no time--and you don't have to be limited to the gin and green olive martini.

Things You'll Need

• Vodka
• Chambord
• Malibu rum
• Chocolate liqueur
• Tomato juice
• Honey
• Medium lemon
• Green hot sauce
• Dill pickle juice
• Pineapple juice
• Cranberry juice
• Worcestershire sauce
• Ice
• 2 glasses

Instructions

Procedures

1. 

   Fill a 14 to 16 oz. glass with ice. Pour in the selected liquor and ingredients. Let sit for a few seconds.

2. 

   Pour the liquid and ice into the second glass and then back into the first glass. Alternate pouring into the glasses three or four times.

3. 

   Strain the ice out by placing the lips of the glasses together at a 45-degree angle. (Practice at first with water and ice.) Pour the liquid into your martini glass and serve.

Martini Recipes

1. Raspberry Martini: 1 oz. vodka, 1 oz. Chambord, 1 tsp. honey

2. Bloody Mary Martini: 4 oz. vodka, 2 oz. tomato juice, 1 tsp. green hot sauce, juice of one medium lemon, 1 oz. dill pickle juice, dash of Worcestershire sauce

3. Pina Colada Martini: 2 oz. vodka, 2 oz. Malibu rum, 2 oz. pineapple juice

4. Lemon Martini: 2 oz. vodka, 1 oz. lemon juice, 2 tsp. sugar syrup, lemon peel for garnish

5. Cranberry Martini: 4 oz. vodka, 2 oz . cranberry juice

6. Chocolate Martini: 3 oz. vodka, 1 oz. chocolate liqueur