Perfect Martini
A clear martini with a lemon twist and a green olive on a steel pick
Cocktail

Dry and sweet, in balance

Ingredients
1 oz = 30 ml
Hosting? Mix the spirits, juices and syrups up to a few hours ahead and keep them in the fridge. Shake or stir each round over fresh ice, and add anything sparkling just before serving.
2|oz|Purity Gin 34 Nordic London Dry; 0.5|oz|Dry vermouth; 0.5|oz|Sweet vermouth; ||Lemon twist and one green olive on a pick, for garnish

2 oz / 6 cl Purity Gin 34 Nordic London Dry
1/2 oz / 1.5 cl dry vermouth
1/2 oz / 1.5 cl sweet vermouth
Lemon twist and one green olive on a pick, for garnish

Perfect Martini

Glass
Martini glass
Method
Stirred
Time
3 min
Level
Easy

Gin with equal parts dry and sweet vermouth. Slightly rounder than a dry Martini, with a gentle warmth from the sweet vermouth. The name simply refers to that balance of dry and sweet. Gin 34 Nordic London Dry keeps the juniper clear throughout.

How to make it

Chill a martini glass.

Add the gin and both vermouths to a mixing glass with plenty of ice and stir for about 30 seconds.

Strain into the chilled glass, express a lemon twist over the surface and add the olive.

From the Master Blender

Stir until the outside of the glass is frosted, about 30 seconds. The sweet vermouth rounds the gin, so the right dilution matters.

Mathias Tonnesson, Master Blender
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