Name: Imperial Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 45 ml Dry vermouth; 1.25 ml Maraschino liqueur; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Imperial Martini
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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
0.04 oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
Prepare garnish of skewered Fragata Green Olive.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with skewered olive.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A Fifty Fifty Martini with a dash of aromatic bitters and subtly fruity maraschino.

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Variant:

Imperial Cocktail

History:

Adapted from a recipe published in Hugo R. Ensslin's 1917 Recipes for Mixed Drinks (Second Edition). The Imperial Cocktail also notably features in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

IMPERIAL COCKTAIL.
½ French Vermouth
½ El Bart Gin
1 dash Angostura Bitters
1 dash Maraschino
Stir well in a mixing glass with cracked ice, strain and serve with an olive.
Hugo R. Ensslin, Recipes for Mixed Drinks, 1917

IMPERIAL COCKTAIL.
1 Dash Maraschino.
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
½ French Vermouth.
½ Dry Gin.
Stir well and serve with olive.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Imperial Martini contains 155 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
23.37% alc./vol. (23.37° proof)
21.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Joanna Garcia

3rd June 2023 at 22:32

enjoyable. First sip tastes like a red hot.

John Hinojos

24th April 2023 at 00:30

Very, very flavourful. The Maraschino adds a interesting hint. Was perfect before dinner.

Luke Ruppersburg

2nd July 2022 at 03:23

This is really good. For a plain martini I normally prefer 2:1 gin to vermouth, but this makes for a very pleasing 1:1. A little sour, a little salty. I made mine with M&R extra dry but I look forward to trying it with another brand at some time in the future.

Egor Doroshenko

28th May 2022 at 15:04

One of my favourite martinis! :)

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