Vodka Martini is famous as James Bond’s favorite drink. In Casino Royale, Bond ordered a drink and asked the barkeeper to prepare according to the following recipe: “Three measures of Gordon’s, one measure of vodka and half a measure of Kina Lillet.”. He wanted it shaken and with a slice of lemon.
Of course, mixing gin and vodka does not make sense. Thankfully, if your order this drink these days, vodka replaces the gin instead of complementing it. We think that a good premium vodka combined with the vermouth is beautiful on its own.
The quality or taste of vodka martini varies greatly depending on the quality of the ingredients. Cheaper vodka is lost amid other ingredients of cocktails. But since the character of the vodka plays a central role here, you cannot do with standard vodkas.
The vodkatini is a cocktail with a particularly clear and honest character. Its admirers admire the purity of this drink. It is a nice change from most cocktails, which contain a fruit juices or syrups.
Recommended Vodka
While a good, clean vodka is enough for many vodka drinks, a touch more is needed for vodka martini than just a good craft product. This is a cocktail where the vodka shines. And if so much depends on the vodka, it should simply have something extra to show.
A vodka that meets this requirement is the Stolichnaya in the two versions Premium and elit. Both meet the basic requirements of a clean, clear and soft vodka. However, despite multiple distillation and filtration, they also bring many subtle flavors of their own.
Recommended Vermouth
You can rely on herbal classics such as Dolin Dry or Noilly Prat.
Shaken or stirred?
A shaken martini creates a very unsightly cloudiness in combination with ice chips. Although the latter can be avoided by double straining, hardly anyone does it.
The real problem, however, is that a shaken short drink doesn’t just get a little colder, it also gets too much melt water. This means that the delicate aromas of your drink are watered down even more. So stirred is how we like it, unless you prefer your martini a little weak.
Recipe
Vodka Martini
Ingredients
- 2 oz vodka good quality
- 1/2 to 3/4 oz dry vermouth according to taste
- 2 dashes bitters optional
- lemon twist or 3 olives garnish
Instructions
- Cool a martini glass in the freezer.
- Place all ingredients in a mixing glass filled with ice cubes and stir well.
- Strain into a chilled martini glass.
- Garnish with green olive or a lemon twist.
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