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Dry Martini

A classic Dry Martini cocktail recipe with gin and dry vermouth. Learn how to make a clean and well balanced martini using Tanqueray No. Ten and Noilly Prat.
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Prep Time 3 minutes
Build time 5 minutes
Total Time 8 minutes
Servings: 1 cocktail
Course: Drinks
Calories: 205
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

The Cocktail
  • 7 cl Gin
  • 1 cl Dry Vermouth
  • Ice cubes
Garnish
  • 1 Cocktail pick
  • 1 or 3 Olives

Equipment

  • 1 Jigger
  • 1 Bar Spoon
  • 1 Martini / cocktail glass
  • 1 Stirring / Mixing glass
  • 1 Julep strainer

Method
 

Preparation
  1. Chill your martini or coupe glass with ice or place it in a freezer. Remove the ice from the glass before serving.
  2. Chill the stirring glass with ice cubes, then discard the water before building the cocktail.
  3. Prepare the garnish by placing an odd number of olives on a cocktail pick.
Instructions
  1. Add gin and dry vermouth to the stirring glass.
  2. Fill the stirring glass with ice.
  3. Stir the cocktail for 20-25 second until it's well chilled.
  4. Strain the cocktail into a chilled martini glas.
  5. Add the olives as garnish and serve.

Common Mistakes

A Dry Martini should always be stirred, not shaken. Shaking introduces air and creates small ice shards that make the drink cloudy and more diluted.