Martini Recipes

Martini Cocktail Recipes. Many Vodka Martini Recipes.

50/50

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Gin
• 2 ounces Dry Vermouth
• olives

Preparation:
Use equal amounts of gin and dry vermouth will transform the classic martini into a 50/50. Pour ingredients into a shaker with ice. Can be shaken or stirred. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with olives.

Acid Rain Martini

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ ounce Grey Goose Vodka
• 1 ounce Melon Liqueur
• ½ ounce fresh squeezed orange juice

Preparation:
Fill a shaker with ice and mix all ingredients. Shake vigorously. Strain into a frozen martini glass. Garnish with a thin slice of orange.

Almond Joy Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Vodka
• 1 ounce hazelnut liqueur
• 1 ounce White Crème de Cacao
• dash Coconut Syrup
• Hershey’s Chocolate Kisses

Preparation:
Shake in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a chocolate kiss.

Angel Martini

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces Vodka
• 1 ounce Frangelico hazelnut liqueur

Preparation:
Combine ingredients into a martini shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses.

Apeach Peach Martini

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces Apeach Vodka
• 1 ounce Peachtree Schnapps
• 2 ounces freshly squeezed orange juice
• ½ ounce grenadine

Preparation:
Shake the first three ingredients in a shaker then strain into a glass. Sink the grenadine and gently stir it up to give the drink a peachy color, look and taste.

Apple Martini Recipes

Apple Martini

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ ounces Tangueray Gin
• 1 ½ ounces Sour Apple Schnapps
• splash of soda
• splash of sweet and sour
• green apple slice

Preparation:
In a shaker half filled with ice cubes, bring all the liquids together. Stir well, and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a slice of apple.

Apple Pie Martini

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ ounce Vodka
• ½ ounce Berenthen Apple Schnapps
• ½ ounce Apple Juice or Apple Cider
• 1 tbs. brown sugar syrup (equal parts water and brown sugar (fully dissolved))

Preparation:
Add ingredients to a shaker and shake. Wet the rim of a martini glass and coat with cinnamon sugar. Strain into glass and garnish with a slice of cooked apple.

Sour Apple Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Sour Apple Pucker
• 2 parts Ketel One Vodka
• 1 part Cointreau Orange Liqueur
• lemon twist or cherry

Preparation:
Add ingredients to shaker. Stir gently. Strain into martini glass. Garnish with lemon twist or a cherry.

Red Apple Martini

Ingredients:

• 1 part Vodka
• 1 part Sour Apple Liqueur
• 1 part cranberry juice
• apple slices

Preparation:
Add ingredients into a martini shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses. Garnish with a thin apple slice.

Melon Raspberry Martini

Ingredients:

• 4 ounces Absolut Vodka
• 1 ounce Midori Melon Liqueur
• 1 ounce Chambord raspberry liqueur

Preparation:
Mix the Absolut and Midori in a shaker. Pour into a martini glass. Drizzle the Chambord down the side and let it settle to the bottom. There should be three distinct layers of color. Looks and tastes incredible.

Autumn Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Ketal One Vodka
• 1 ounce Stoli Vanilla Vodka
• 1 ounce Bols Pumpkin Smash Liqueur
• ½ ounce Goldschlager
• ½ tsp. Cardamom
• ½ tsp. nutmeg
• cinnamon sticks

Preparation:
Mix all in a shaker and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.

Banana Cream Pie Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Stoli Vanil
• 2 parts Banana Liqueur
• Island Oasis Ice Cream mix (or vanilla ice cream, melted)

Preparation:
Shake in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Strain into a chilled martini glass rimmed with caramel syrup dipped in graham cracker crumbs.

Bellini

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Grey Goose Vodka
• 1 ounce Peach Schapps
• 1 ounce Champagne (your choice)
• raspberries

Preparation:
In a shaker, mix Grey Goose and Peach Schnapps over ice, shake. Strain the mixture into a chilled martini glass. Top off with Champagne. Garnish with a couple raspberries on a toothpick.

Blue Martini, 1

Ingredients:

• ¾ ounce Sky Vodka
• ¾ ounce Blue Curacao
• ¾ ounce sour mix
• lemon twist

Preparation:
Add ingredients to shaker. Shake well and lightly mist. Serve in a double martini glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Blue Martini, 2

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces Vodka
• 1 ounce Triple Sec
• 1 ounce Blue Curacao

Preparation:
Blend ingredients in a martini shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses.

Blue Martini, 3

Ingredients:

• 2 dashes Dry Vermouth
• 2 dashes Blue Curacao
• 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire Gin, frozen
• lemon twist

Preparation:
This is an absolute delight that adds a little color and orange flavor to your classic martini. Like a Diamond Martini, the uniqueness of this cocktail is that the gin and glass are both frozen. To make: chill a martini glass and add a couple dashes of dry vermouth and Blue Curacao. Pour in the gin and garnish with a lemon twist.

Bronx Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Gin
• 1 ounce Dry Vermouth
• 1 ounce Sweet Vermouth
• dash of Angostura bitters
• cherries

Preparation:
Combine ingredients into a shaker with ice cubes. Shake well and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a cherry.

Cajun Martini

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces gin
• ½ ounce Cognac

Preparation:
Swirl Cognac to coat the inside of the glass, and then pour it out. Add chilled gin from your shaker. Garnish as desired.

Caramel Apple Martini

Ingredients:

• 4 ounces Ketel One Vodka
• 2 ounces Pucker Apple Sour
• 1 ounce Buttershots

Preparation:
Combine ingredients in a martini shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses. Garnish with an apple wedge.

Caribbean Coffee Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Pearl Coconut Vodka
• 1 ounce coffee liqueur
• 1 ounce Godiva White
• shaved coconut

Preparations:
Combine liquids and shake. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with shaved coconut.

How to Make A Chocolate Martini
Chocolate Martini Recipes

Chocolate Martini

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces Vodka
• ½ ounce Godiva Chocolate Liqueur
• Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup

Preparation:
Mix vodka and Godiva chocolate in a shaker filled with ice cubes and stir. Strain into a frozen martini glass drizzled with chocolate syrup on the inside. Garnish with a chocolate curl.

White Chocolate Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Stoli Vanil
• 1 part White Crème de Cocoa
• 1 part Godiva White Chocolate liqueur

Preparation:
Pour over ice in a shaker and shake shake shake. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with dark chocolate shavings on top.

Ultimate Chocolate Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Vodka
• 2 ounces Godiva Chocolate Liqueur
• 1 ounce White Crème de Cacao
• 1 ounce Baileys Irish Cream
• 1 ounce Chambord raspberry liqueur
• raspberries

Preparation:
Chill a martini glass and dip the rim in chocolate syrup. Shake vodka and cacao over ice and pour into glass. Shake other liqueurs over ice and float in glass. Garnish with a chocolate curl and raspberry.

Chocolate Caramel Martini

Ingredients:

• 4 ounces Smirnoff Vodka (100 proof)
• 1 ounce Pure Vanilla Extract
• 1 ½ ounce Gran Gala Orange Liqueur
• 2 ounces Cask & Cream Caramel Temptation
• 1 ounce Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup
• 4 – 5 ounces Half and Half Cream
• Sliced Strawberries

Preparation:
Bring ingredients together in a large shaker half full of crushed ice. Shake vigorously until very cold. Strain into a clear martini glass that has been drizzled/stripped first with a bit more chocolate syrup. Garnish with sliced strawberries and a drizzle of chocolate sauce.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Smirnoff Vodka (100 proof)
• 2 ounces Just Dessert’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Liqueur
• 1 ounce milk
• Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup

Preparation:
Combine in a shaker half filled with ice. After shaken, pour into a frozen martini glass that has been drizzled with chocolate syrup.

Boston Cream Pie Martini

Ingredients:

• ½ ounce Absolut Vodka
• ½ ounce Godiva Chocolate Liqueur
• ½ ounce Baileys
• whipped cream

Preparation:
Shake over ice and strain into a chilled martini glass with a dollop of whipped cream on top.

Classic Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces London Dry Gin
• 1 ounce French Vermouth
• 1 dash of orange bitters
• lemon peel or olive

Preparation:
Combine in a shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a lemon peel or olive.

Cookie Martini

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ ounce Vodka
• ¾ ounce Just Desserts Chocolate Chip Liqueur
• splash of Hot Damn!
• cherry or strawberry

Preparation:
Dip a chilled martini glass in cherry juice or wet the rim with an orange, then dip the rim in shaved chocolate or sugar. Mix all ingredients and pour into glass. Garnish with a cherry or strawberry.

Cosmo Jewel

Ingredients:

• 2 – 3 ounces Jewel of Russia Wild Bilberry Infusion

Preparation:
Pour preferred amount into a cocktail shaker. Add ice and a good squeeze of lime. Shake shake shake and pour into a chilled martini glass. Enjoy!

Cosmopolitan Martini

Ingredients:

• 4 parts Skyy Vodka
• 2 parts Cranberry Juice
• 1 part Lime Cordial
• 1 part Cointreau Orange Liqueur
• Lemon Twist

Preparation:
Add ingredients to a iced cocktail shaker. Shake and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Diamond Martini

Ingredients:

• ½ cup premium grain vodka, kept frozen
• dash premium dry vermouth
• lemon wedge

Preparation:
The key to this martini is that both the vodka and the glasses are well chilled. Use premium brands of spirits to prove its “diamond” label. Pour the dry vermouth and vodka into the martini glass and twist a lemon over it for the juice. Run the lemon wedge around the rim of the glass.

Dirty Martini Recipes

Dirty Martini

Ingredients:

• 4 ounces gin or vodka
• ½ ounce dry vermouth
• 1 tsp. olive juice
• olives

Preparation:
Mix ingredients in a shaker, shake and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with olives. If you prefer it dirtier, add more olive juice.

Olivia’s Dirty Martini

Ingredients:

• 4 ounces Grey Goose Vodka
• ½ - 1 ounce olive juice
• olives

Preparation:
Add vodka and olive juice to a shaker with ice shavings. Shake and pour into two chilled glass. Garnish with 2 olives.

Dry Martini

Ingredients:

• 4 ounces Gin or Vodka
• ½ ounce Dry Vermouth
• lemon twist or olive

Preparation:
Mix in a shaker and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a lemon twist or olive. An onion would make the drink a Gibson.

Emerson Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Gin
• 1 ounce Sweet Vermouth
• ½ ounce lemon juice
• ½ ounce maraschino liqueur

Preparation:
Pour the ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Shake shake shake it. Strain into a chilled martini glass.

Espresso Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Stoli Vanil
• 1 part Kahlua
• 1 shot fresh espresso

Preparation:
Pour over ice in a shaker and give it a few vigorous shakes. Strain into a chilled martini glass rimmed with cinnamon sugar.

The Flirt

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces Premium Vodka
• 1 ounce cranberry juice
• 1 ounce fresh squeezed orange juice
• 1 ounce Cointreau
• 1 ounce Champagne (your choice)
• orange round

Preparation:
Bring all ingredients together in a shaker full of chipped ice. Do a little jig and shake it to “Shake your Groove Thing.” Serve in a chilled martini glass and garnish with an orange round. Makes 2 servings – not to be consumed alone!

Garlic Martini

The Classic Martini with roasted garlic stuffed olives.

Gibson Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 ½ ounces Gin
• ½ ounce Dry Vermouth
• 1 – 3 cocktail onions

Preparation:
Pour liquids into a shaker filled with ice. Stir well. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with cocktail onions.

Godiva Martini

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce Godiva Chocolate Liqueur
• 1 ounce Strawberry Vodka
• 1 ounce White Crème de Cacao
• strawberries

Preparation:
Shake in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses. Garnish with a fresh strawberry.

Grape Cosmopolitan

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce Olives Grape Vodka
• 1 ounce White Cranberry Juice, or White Grape Juice
• ½ ounce Cointeau
• splash lime juice

Preparation:
Combine in a shaker, shake, and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a lime twist.

Fit for the President Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces premium vodka
• couple splashes Martini & Rossi Extra Dry Vermouth
• splash green olive juice
• almond stuffed green olives
• Danish blue cheese stuffed green olives

Preparation:
Pour into a shaker over a few ice cubes. Shake smoothly roughly 10 times. Pour gently into a chilled martini glass and garnish with an almond stuffed green olive sandwiched between 2 Danish blue cheese stuffed green olives.

High Rollin' Martini

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ ounce gin
• ¼ ounce Dry Vermouth
• ¼ ounce Sweet Vermouth
• ¼ ounce unsweetened pineapple juice

Preparation:
Add ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Shake or stir. Strain into a chilled martini glass.

In and Out Martini

Ingredients:

• 4 ounces Gin
• splash Dry Vermouth

Preparation:
The idea of this martini is to drink straight, chilled gin in a well-chilled glass with a hint of dry vermouth. Pack a martini glass with ice. Add a splash of dry vermouth to it. While the glass is chilling, pour the gin in a shaker with ice. Let it chill. Throw away the ice and vermouth, then strain the gin into the martini glass.

Key Lime Martini Recipe:

Key Lime Martini, Version 1

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Malibu Rum
• 2 ounces Stoli Vanilla
• splash of lime juice
• egg whites
• lime zest/twist

Preparation:
Mix rum, Stoli Vanilla and the lime juice. Garnish with egg whites with lime zest/twist.

Key Lime Martini, Version 2

Ingredients:

• 3 parts Stoli Vanilla
• 1 part Lime Juice
• splash of Triple Sec
• crushed graham crackers

Preparation:
Mix vanilla, lime juice and a splash of Triple Sec. Rim a martini glass with crushed graham crackers.

Key Lime Martini, Version 3

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Grey Goose Vodka
• 1 part limeade concentrate
• 1 part half and half
• crushed graham crackers

Preparation:
Combine vodka, limeade concentrate and half and half in a shaker, over ice. Shake and strain into a graham cracker rimmed martini glass.

Key Lime Martini, Version 4

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Vanilla Vodka
• 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 ounce half and half
• crushed graham crackers
• twist of lime

Preparation:
Pour vodka, lime juice and half and half into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice. Shake well. Strain into a chilled martini glass, rimmed with crushed graham crackers. Garnish with a twist of lime.

Key Lime Pie Martini, Version 5

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Vanilla Vodka
• ½ ounce Triple Sec
• 2 ½ ounces pineapple juice
• ½ ounce lime cordial
• crushed graham crackers
• lime wedge

Preparation:
Combine vodka, Triple Sec, pineapple juice and lime cordial in a shaker. Shake well. Strain into a chilled martini glass, rimmed with crushed graham crackers. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Kiwi Martini

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces Vodka or Citrus Vodka
• ½ skinned kiwi
• ½ tsp. sugar syrup
• kiwi slice

Preparation:
Muddle the skinned kiwi with the sugar syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and vodka. Shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a slice of kiwi.

Lemon Drop Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Absolut Citron
• 1 part Triple Sec
• 1 part lime juice

Preparation:
With two well chilled martini glasses, take a lemon slice and wet the rim of each glass, and dip them into white sugar until coated. Add all ingredients to a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into sugar coated martini glasses.

Martinez

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce Gin
• ¾ ounce Dry Vermouth
• ¼ ounce Triple Sec
• dash orange bitters
• lemon twist

Preparation:
Combine ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Stir well. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Twist the lemon peel over the drink and drop it into the glass.

Mexican Cosmopolitan Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Tequila
• 1 ounce Cointreau
• splash cranberry juice
• ¼ squeezed lime
• lime wedge

Preparation:
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake well and strain into a chilled glass. Serve with a lime wedge. Drink should be a pale pink with small amounts of pulp.

Mexican Martini, Version 1

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Tequila
• 1 ounce Cointreau
• ½ ounce Amaretto
• 2 ounces sweet 'n sour
• 1 ounce fresh squeezed orange juice
• splash lime juice
• splash olive juice
• jalapeno stuffed olives

Preparation:
Combine ingredients in shaker. Shake shake shake. Pour into salt rimmed martini glass and garnish with jalapeno stuffed olives.

Mexican Martini, Version 2

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Tequila
• 1 ounce Cointreau
• 1-2 ounces Sprite
• 1 ounce fresh squeezed orange juice
• ½ a squeezed lime
• jalapeno stuffed olives

Preparation:
Shake all ingredients and strain into a salt rimmed martini glass. Garnish with stuffed olives.

Midnight Espresso Martini

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce Vanilla Vodka
• 1 ounce Kahlua Coffee Liqueur
• 1 ounce Frangelic hazelnut liqueur
• 1 ounce Baileys Irish Cream
• 1 ounce espresso

Preparation:
Fill a shaker with ice and add ingredients. Let the espresso chill some before adding it to the shaker, otherwise it will melt the ice and dilute the drink. Shake vigorously until its frothy. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with chocolate sprinkles.

Mint Martini

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce Vodka
• 1 ounce Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
• splash Crème de Menthe
• mint leaf

Preparation:
Combine ingredients into a martini shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses. Garnish with a mint leaf.

Parrothead Martini

Ingredients:

• 6 parts Tequila
• 1 part Triple Sec or Grand Marnier
• 1-2 tsp. fresh lime juice
• lime twist

Preparations:
Mix all in a cocktail shaker full of ice. Shake well. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Peach Martini

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ ounce Stoli Peach
• 1 ½ ounce Peach Schapps
• ½ ounce Apple Pucker
• ½ ounce freshly squeezed orange juice
• splash red cranberry juice

Preparation:
Fill a shaker half way with ice, pour ingredients over and shake well. Strain into a chilled martini glass.

Pear Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Vodka
• 1 ounce Perle de Brillet Pear Liqueur
• apple wedge
• pear wedge

Preparation:
Combine ingredients in a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses. Garnish with an apple and pear wedge.

Pearl Necklace Martini

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce Pearl Vodka
• ½ ounce Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
• splash of cream

Preparation:
Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, strain and pour into a chilled martini glass.

Purple Martini

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces Vodka
• splash Chambord raspberry liqueur
• splash Sweet & Sour mix
• drop lemon juice
• dash Extra Dry Vermouth

Preparation:
Add all ingredients into an iced cocktail shaker. Shake and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses.

Pepper Martini

Ingredients:

• 6 parts Absolut Peppar Vodka
• 1 dash dry vermouth
• 1 part olive juice
• several drops Tabasco sauce
• jalapeño stuffed olives

Combine liquids in a shaker with crushed ice and shake well. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with jalapeño stuffed olives.

Peppermint Martini

A wonderful, minty martini. Great for holidays. Best when served in your festive glasses.

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Absolut Peppar Vodka
• 1 ounce White Crème de Menthe
• 1 ½ ounces Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
• 1 ounce Rumple Minze Peppermint Liqueur
• 2 small peppermint patty candies

Preparation:
Pour ingredients, except the Crème de Menthe into a shaker ¾ full of crushed ice. Shake a little jig for a full minute. Strain into 2 chilled martini glasses. Top each glass with ½ ounce Crème de Menthe and garnish with a peppermint patty.

Raspberry Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Absolut Raspberry Vodka
• ½ - 1 ounce Cointreau or Grand Mariner (for a strong flavor)
• splash of Rose’s Lime Juice or squeeze of fresh lime juice
• fresh raspberries

Bring together liquids in a shaker and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled martini glass.

For garnish, buy fresh raspberries and put them on fancy toothpicks...3 or 4 a pick. Run the skewer under water and roll in sugar, then place in the freezer. When ready to serve, garnish the drinks with them along with a thin twist of lime hooked to the glass.

Raspberry Martini 2

Ingredients:

• 4 ounces Vodka
• 1 ounce raspberry liqueur
• 1 ounce honey

Preparation:
Combine liqueur with honey in a shot glass. Pour vodka into an ice filled shaker and shake. Strain into a martini glass and with a spoon, drizzle the honey mixture in.

Raspberry Martini 3

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Bacardi Razz
• ½ ounce dry vermouth
• fresh raspberries

Preparation:
Pour ingredients into an ice filled shaker and shake. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a few raspberries on a fancy cocktail toothpick.

The Scott Hall Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Boodles Gin
• 2 ounces Ketel One Vodka

Preparation:
Shake vigorously in an iced cocktail shaker. Best served chillingly ice cold. Strain into a pre-chilled cocktail glass. No garnish.

Strawberry Martini

This can be made with a variety of fruits. But be careful, after a couple weeks the fruit can become a little strong. Two weeks is the limit on this one.

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce Ketel One Vodka
• strawberries

Preparation:
Steep vodka with the berries for two weeks in the freezer. When ready to use, shake over ice and pour into sugar rimmed glasses. Garnish with a strawberry.

Surfer Martini

Ingredients:

• 4 ounces Vodka
• 2 ounces Malibu Coconut Rum
• 1 ounce Banana Liqueur
• pineapple slices

Preparation:
Combine ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses. Garnish with a pineapple spear.

Sweet Martini

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ ounce Dry Gin
• ¾ ounce Sweet Vermouth
• lemon peel or olive

Preparations:
Mix in a shaker and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a lemon peel or olive.

Velour Martini

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces Vodka
• 1 ounce cranberry juice
• 1 ounce Blue Curacaos

Preparation:
Blend ingredients in a martini shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses.

Vesper Martini or 007 Martini

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces gin
• 1 ounce ice cold vodka
• ½ ounce blond Lillet

Preparation:
Fill a shaker with ice. Add ingredients and shake until its ice cold. Place a large slice of lemon peel (or lemon round) into a chilled martini glass. Strain into the glass and enjoy.

Watermelon Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Absolut Kurant Currant Vodka
• 1 ounce Watermelon Pucker

Preparation:
Combine ingredients in a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into 2 chilled martini glasses.

Wild Ozone Martini

Ingredients:

• 4 parts Skyy Vodka (Fris preferred)
• 1 part Blue Caracao
• freshly squeezed lemon juice

Preparation:
Combine vodka and Blue Caracao. Shake and strain in a martini glass. Add a squeeze of lemon. Garnish with a long, thin orange peel rolled into a spiral. Place in the middle, and stir, causing the spiraled garnish to spin like a tornado. Serve while spinning.

World Cosmo Martini

Ingredients:

• 1 part Vodka
• 2 parts Cranberry Juice
• capful of Triple Sec
• splash of ginger ale

Preparation:
Shake in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a lemon or lime twist.

Yale Cocktail

Ingredients:

• ½ ounce Dry Vermouth
• 1 ½ ounce Gin
• 1 tsp. Blue Curacao
• dash bitters

Preparation:
Add ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Shake or stir. Strain into a chilled martini glass.

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