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V vegasvic Member Joined: Feb 17, 2003 Posts: 188	V vegasvic Posted posted on Wed, Jan 2, 2008 8:25 AM On 2008-01-01 18:06, VampiressRN wrote: A traditional martini (as opposed to a vodka martini) is made with gin, dry vermouth and either an olive or a lemon peel. Nothing else. (Well, they used to make them with extra-dry white wine rather than the dry-wine variant vermouth we shan't address that age-old argument here) And a proper martini is stirred, not shaken. Love the Martini. If I intend to garnish with olives I will make as you describe above (Plymouth Gin always). However, if I'm going lemon peel I'll add a few dashes of Orange Bitters -- harkening back to the old Martinez recipe.

On 2008-01-01 18:06, VampiressRN wrote:
A traditional martini (as opposed to a vodka martini) is made with gin, dry vermouth and either an olive or a lemon peel. Nothing else. (Well, they used to make them with extra-dry white wine rather than the dry-wine variant vermouth we shan't address that age-old argument here) And a proper martini is stirred, not shaken.

Love the Martini. If I intend to garnish with olives I will make as you describe above (Plymouth Gin always). However, if I'm going lemon peel I'll add a few dashes of Orange Bitters -- harkening back to the old Martinez recipe.

Post #352460 by vegasvic on Wed, Jan 2, 2008 8:25 AM