what ingredients go into a martini?

Question

and what is the difference between a normal martini and a dry one?

Answer 1

A dry martini has very little vermouth in it.
More vermouth, less dry.

Fill an shaker with crushed ice.
Pour in 1 jigger of very good gin (Bombay Sapphire) (or vodka, Grey Goose)
Put in 1/4 teaspoon of vermouth for a dry martini.
Put in a lemon peel about 2 inches long.(this is a secret ingredient)
Shake the shaker until your arms hurt.
Strain out the ice and lemon peel and pour into a martini glass.
Drop an olive into the martini.
Take small sips and act like James Bond.

The perfect martini..guaranteed.

Answer 2

Vermouth and Gin unless it is a Vodka martini then Vodka instead of Gin.

Check this site out about martinis
http://www.drinkboy.com/Essays/ThePerfectMartini.html


"you shouldn't find it too surprising to know that when the recipe for a Martini included "Vermouth" as an ingredient, it was expected that Italian Vermouth be used. And when the customer wanted to use French Vermouth instead, they would ask for a Dry Martini. Unfortunately, over time this concept of a Dry Martini started taking on the notion of using less, and less Vermouth, until today we have people selling little Martini misters that deliver mere molecules of Vermouth into your glass. And you have bartenders that don't even use any Vermouth at all. In fact, many bartenders have this mental barrier about the use of Vermouth and are very reluctant to use very much of it in any drink. One of the recipes that I've personally developed is the Black Feather, and it contains a full ounce of dry Vermouth. Often when I'll ask a bartender to mix one of these up for me they will be shocked at the amount of Vermouth called for and will try to talk me out of using that much. I'm not quite sure what they are afraid of, but they obviously have formed some sort of aversion to its use. Not only does Vermouth play an important role in balancing out the flavors of many cocktails, it also is a fine drink in its own right when served over ice with a twist of lemon."

Answer 3

The martini is a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry white vermouth. Over the years, the martini has become perhaps the most well-known mixed alcoholic beverage. H. L. Mencken once called the martini "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet"; E. B. White called it "the elixir of quietude." Nikita Khrushchev supposedly called it "America's lethal weapon". It is also the proverbial drink of the old "three-martini lunch" of business executives, now largely abandoned as part of companies' "fitness for duty" programs.

While variations are many, a standard modern martini is a 5 to 1 ratio, made by combining approximately two and a half ounces of gin and one half ounce of dry vermouth with ice. Many Europeans, however, prefer somewhat less vermouth - about a 6:1 proportion of gin/vodka to vermouth. Because vermouth mixes easily and uniformly with its solvent (gin or vodka), a martini should always be mixed in a stirring glass. Reputable bartending schools insist that a beverage shaker tends to dull the taste of the vermouth, and some argue that it sharpens the taste of gin by "bruising" the liquid. However, it is relatively common to see a bartender mix a martini with a shaker due in part to the influence of superspy James Bond, who asked for his martinis "shaken, not stirred." This may be attributed to the fact that Bond drank vodka martinis and not gin martinis. The ingredients are mixed then strained and served "straight up" (without ice) in a chilled cocktail glass, and garnished with either an olive or a twist (a strip of lemon peel, usually squeezed or twisted to express volatile citric oils onto the surface of the drink).

While the standard martini may call for a 5:1 ratio of distilled spirits to vermouth, many aficionados may reduce the proportion of vermouth drastically. This gave rise to stories such as martinis being made by just passing the cork of the vermouth bottle above the glass, along with similar conceits about how little vermouth, i.e., how "dry," one's martinis are (normal martinis have a "normal" ratio of gin to vermouth; dry martinis have considerably less vermouth).

Another common but controversial variation is the vodka martini, which is prepared in exactly the same way as a standard martini, with vodka being substituted for gin as the base spirit. In the 1990s, the vodka martini supplanted the traditional gin-based martini in popularity. Today, when bar and restaurant customers order "a martini," they frequently have in mind a drink made with vodka. Martini purists decry this development: while few object to the drink itself, they strenuously object to it being called "a martini." The martini, they insist, is a gin-based cocktail; this variation should be designated as such, with the name "vodka martini" (it may also be called a "vodkatini" or a "kangaroo").

Answer 4

O.K.
Perfect dry martini
Put bottle of gin in freezer for 24 hours
Place 2 olives gently skewered on a glass cocktail pick into a chilled martini glass
Slowly pour chilled gin into glass while lightly thinking of vermouth
repeat as necessary and enjoy!

Answer 5

dry martini's have no vermouth. It is just the liquor. Either vodka or gin with a splash of dry vermouth. But again, dry martini's have not vermouth.

Answer 6

Gee you have to be quick I was beaten off the mark but remember shaken not stired as 007 would say

Answer 7

At this website there is ALOT of differnt ideas for recipes!!

Good Luck!