Vermouth, gin and olive juice in your glass is the Dirty Martini. I must say that this is one of the simplest recipes for alcoholic cocktails. It uses only three ingredients. A “dirty martini” is simply done at home and treated to guests for the holiday. The delicate taste of the drink you will certainly enjoy and will be remembered from the first sip.
Historical fact
“Dirty Martini” - a cocktail based on another very famous and popular drink “Dry Martini”. They differ in that in the first recipe there is an olive pickle. It is he who gives the beverage a cloudiness and an original taste. That's why they called the cocktail "dirty."
They say that for the first time mixed dry vermouth with gin Franklin Roosevelt (US president). Thus, in December 1933, he celebrated the abolition of Prohibition live.
Dirty Martini
The cocktail recipe is very simple.
Ingredients:
- Dry vermouth - 20 ml.
- Vodka (usually gin) - 70 ml.
- Olive pickle (green olives) - 10 ml.
- Green olive - 1 pc.
To make a cocktail, you need to take highly chilled vodka (or gin) without impurities (they can ruin the taste). Vermouth is always taken dry, with a low sugar content, for example, Secco or Dry. Vermouths "Rosso", "Bianco" will not work.
The strength of the cocktail can be changed due to the different ratio of gin and vermouth. But we do not recommend pouring more brine, as this can give the drink a bitter taste.
Making the Dirty Martini Cocktail
Cocktail glasses need to be cooled. Fill a tall glass with ice cubes, then add vodka, olive juice and vermouth. Mix all the ingredients well and then shake. Pour the resulting cocktail into glasses and decorate with olives. The drink is ready.
The “Dirty Martini” cocktail is considered a classic aperitif, which means you should drink it before meals to activate the digestion process. He drinks in big gulps. The whole portion is consumed three to four times. This is absolutely not the kind of martini cocktail that needs to be savored in small portions. It is better to use gin, not vodka. And do not overdo it with olive pickle.
It should be noted that “Dirty Martini” is far from the most popular drink, because its taste is a bit specific, and therefore not in every bar it can be found. Gourmets and connoisseurs of delicate taste rather use it.
Uninitiated consumers prefer martini-like cocktails like the Bronx or Gibson, because they have a more familiar taste and composition for an inexperienced audience.
Instead of an afterword
The Dirty Martini recipe requires that the drink is always cold, and at the same time, ice cubes are not put in it. It is for this reason that it is consumed immediately after being prepared. The cocktail begins to lose its original taste when it gradually takes on the ambient temperature.
When preparing a drink at home, you can certainly change the ingredients a little - no one will forbid you to make your own variations of a famous cocktail. So try and evaluate the taste of famous drinks.