Dry Martini Directions

Serve a dry martini very cold to blend the ingredients well.

Dry martinis are generally served with a single olive in a martini glass. Martini cocktails are made with vermouth and gin. A typical dry martini consists of the liquors mixed at a 1 to 5 ratio because the vermouth complements the gin. The dryness of the drink depends on the amount of vermouth used. A really dry martini will have virtually almost no vermouth. Many varieties of the martini exist such as chocolate martinis, dirty martinis and peach martinis.

Things You'll Need

• 2 1/2 oz. gin
• 1/2 oz. dry vermouth
• Cocktail shaker
• Ice
• Martini glass
• Lemon twist or olive

Instructions

1. Combine 1/2 oz. of dry vermouth with 2 1/2 oz. of gin into a cocktail shaker over ice.

2. Shake the ingredients to cool them until the shaker frosts.

3. Strain the alcohol into a martini glass straight or on the rocks.

4. Garnish the martini with a twist of lemon or a cocktail olive.

Tips & Warnings

• Making a stirred not shaken martini consists of pouring the liquors over each other in a chilled martini glass and then the mixtures are stirred. A shaken not stirred martini involves combining the ingredients in a cocktail shaker.

• Chill the martini glass in the freezer to help keep the drink cold if you are not serving it over ice.

• Order a martini straight up if you do not want it served with ice.

• Always wash the lemon peel to remove dirt and debris before you create the zest to add to your martini. Rinsing the lemon under warm water will remove dirt and debris that can cause illness.

References

• Drinks Mixer: Dry Martini Recipe
• All Recipes: Dirty Martini Recipe
• Recipe Tips: Dry Martini Recipe
• The Food Channel: Perfect Dry Martini Recipe
• "Food and Wine"; Dry Martini Recipe; Pete Wells