Vodka Martini Cocktail Recipe

You can't go wrong with this!

Okay for a fair or poor quality vodka. Vermouth take away the gasoline aftertaste. FIRST don't skimp on the quality of vermouth. Even the best vermouth is fairly cheap. The "Perfect Martini" = Chill a Martini glass AND store the vodka in a freezer or refrigerator. Fill a steel shaker with ice then pour in a good dose of QUALITY vermouth. Shake once or twice and then pour it out the bulk of the vermouth or until the shaker first just starts to drip (if you like a dry Martini) . Now you have the perfect amount of vermouth covering the ice in the shaker. Pour in 2-3 oz vodka, (If you have the means, Begluga Export or Gold line... or) Use a good quality Vodka (Belvedere, Kettle One, Grey Goose, Russian Standard Premiums, Stoli Gold) Shake slowly so as not to bruise the vodka (infuse with air and ice chips) until you feel the steel shaker frosting up. Dump the ice out of the glass and pour the shaker contents down the inside rim of the glass. I use a 1/4 inch thick lemon rind or if I want "Dirty" I go with two Queen olives freshly stuffed with Dutch BlueCheese. Skol!

Citron Vodka NO Vermouth -- very chilled & frosted Glass, a sixth of an inch of very frozen ice on the bottom of the?? Glass garnish with two hand stuffed blue cheese olives

I actually like almost half-to-half on vodka to vermouth but slightly heavier on the vodka. Shaken well, sit then shake again before pouring into a chilled martini glass. I prefer large queen olives and slightly dirty.

I add a dash of orange bitters for a little additional flavor. Use Russian Standard or Tito's

I added 0.5 oz of olive juice and it was perfect

My go-to libation BUT if you're opting for a lemon twist you might as well go all the way, skip the olives, and throw a cocktail onion or three at it and call it a Gibson, I believe. Cheers, Barry - Whitewater, CO

Made it -- proportions are good (please don't tell me to rinse the glass with vermouth -- you need to be able to taste the botanicals). I added a dash of fee brothers orange bitters.

Used Grey Goose and jalapeno stuffed olives for a little kick. Good & good for you!

Followed the ratios to make two Martinis, no olives, added a 1/4 tsp of lime juice for the 2 x beverages. Makes for a great Friday night relax!

After I stopped breathing fire, I (almost) halved the vodka and (nearly) doubled the vermouth. Now it's drinkable - according to my very sweet tooth!

Fast prep, amazing taste — nailed it.

Made it last night — everyone raved.

I really do like this drink! Please don’t hate me, but I want to add a couple of little details to avoid confusion. Historically, the classic Martini was made only with gin and dry vermouth, and only garnished with olives. Vodka and the lemon twist option didn’t enter the mix, so to speak, until the early 1960’s (thank you, James Bond). Also, I noticed how some commenters called it a “Perfect Martini”. They may want to know that a Perfect Martini is one made with sweet vermouth, not dry. But, now Martinis made with gin or vodka, and olives or lemon twist are simply personal preference, and it doesn’t really matter what they are called.

Classic

Added this to my go-to recipe list.

At age 60..never had a martini.. so time to try. I'm not really an alcohol aficionado... Smirnoff vodka and martini and Rossi vermouth.. was ok.. frankly not my "drink" ..to heavy of "hard" spirits " taste.. Whiskey sour more my flavor...like a "sweeter" taste with less liquor taste. I can see that just 2 or 3 of these I wouldn't drive..and I'm 6'2' 260.. one was enough. I used 3 green olives with pimentos... And just regular ice cubes out of the tray.

Used blue sapphire gin instead of vodka. Delish!

Classic. Classy. Refreshing. Adult.

Classic Beyond delicious