How to make a martini?

Question

Ok i am having a martini party and want to know how to make them. Different recipes are great i would like a variety. Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

Pour gin in a shaker full of ice. Rub the cork from a bottle of dry vermouth on the rim of a martini glass. Pour the chilled gin into the glass. Cheers.

Answer 2

I could give you martini recipies for an hour, but here are a few really good ones. (And when I say 'count' I'm basing it on it taking 3 'counts' to fill a shot glass, also called a 'jigger')

Classic Martini

(You need fresh CRACKED ice, a cocktail shaker and a strainer for all of these)

10 counts vodka or gin
1 splash of dry vermouth

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. It should fill to just under the brim. Easy on the vermouth. Garnish with an olive or a lemon peel.

(To make it 'dirty' add an ounce of alive juice and garnish with three olives on a toothpick. If the olives are stuffed with cheese, even better.)

Cosmopolitain

6 counts Citron Vodka
4 counts Cranberry juice
Splash of lemon juice
Splash of Triple Sec

Shake and strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with lemon wedge

Chocolate Martini

4 Counts Vodka
6 Counts Creme de Cacao (Use the clear kind for best effect)

Shake and strain into a Martini glass with a sugared rim. (Rub the rim with a lemon wedge and roll in a dish of sugar.)

Put a Maraschino Cherry at the bottom. Women love this one because it tastes so different than it looks.

Irish Buzz

3 Counts Baileys
3 Counts Jameson
3 Counts Kaluah
3 Counts Frangelico

Shake with ice and strain. garnish with chocolate sprinkles or cinnamon. Or 3 coffee beans.

Not really a martini, but still amazing

Manhattan

10 counts Bourbon (maker's mark is best)
splash of Sweet Vermouth

Shake and Strain. Garnish with a cherry.

The alcohol for all these will cost you about $120. And don't think that you can get away with just stirring them. You need a shaker to break up the ice and really blend the ingredients. A Classic Martini should be foggy after it's been poured because of all the little chips of ice. Good luck with your party!

Answer 3

Martini's a quite broad term nowadays... you can have martini's that have nothing in common with what is a 'proper' martini... a lot of bars just whack a cocktail in a martini glass and presto it's supposed to be a martini... but anyway... here's a recipe for a 'proper' martini (either Gin or vodka)
-Chill Martini Glass by putting a few ice cubes and a little water in...
-Fill a Boston Glass with Ice
-Add 70ml of either Vodka or Gin
-Stir quickly for approx 40 seconds (back or barspoon touching edge of boston glass so as not to let the ice collide)
-Empty the martini glass and ad approx 5 mls of Noilly Prat (or another vermouth
- swirl the glass so as to coat the glass with vermouth and then pour away excess.
-strain the gin or vodka into your glass
-garnish with either a lemon twist or an olive

for dry martini's leave a little noilly in the bottom of the glass, and for a dirty martini add a dash of olive juice...

hope that's helpful

Answer 4

Martini recipe
Martini ingredients:
1 1/2 fl.oz. Gin
1/2 fl.oz. Dry vermouth
1 Green olive
Cracked Ice

Martini preparation:

1. Recipe by: joe robertson preparation time: 0:02 fill a mixing glass with ice. Pour in gin and dry vermouth.

2. Stir (or shake) and strain into a martini glass.

3. Garnish with an olive.

Answer 5

General recipe is 4 parts gin to 1 part vermouth. Most people take the full amount of gin with just a splash of vermouth. Vodka martinis are fantastic too. Go to a book store and there are bar guides giving you different recipes for the martini.

Answer 6

You can make a gin martini or a vodka martini.

I suggest either one. 1-1/4oz of gin or vodka 1/8 ounce of dry vermouth and garnish with an olive...

A proper martini shaker and glass adds to the ambiance of a martini.

add ingredients to shaker with lots of ice and shake till cold then strain into glass.

Answer 7

My favorite is the "dirty martini"

4 oz. Vodka
A couple of drops of Vermouth
A couple of drops of olive juice
Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass.
Garnish with 2 olives.

You might also be interested in a "Leprechaun martini". These are great around St. Patrick's day.

3 ounces of vodka
1 ounce of creme de mint
A couple of drops of vermouth
Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass
Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

You might also like the chocolate martini.

3 ounces of vodka
1 ounce of creme de coco
A couple of drops of vermouth
Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass
Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Enjoy!

Answer 8

A dirty martini is 2 shots vodka mixed with olive juice and 1 or 2 olives. Very good if you like olives.

Answer 9

Here's a link to MartiniArt.com. They have dozens of different martini ideas. Cheers!

http://www.martiniart.com/

Answer 10

There are over 100 recipes for Martini's alone at Webtender.com they go the gamut of Vodka, Gin, Rum and even Soju. Cheers!