Name: Allies Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Gin; 50 ml Ambrato vermouth; 1.25 ml Kummel liqueur

Allies Martini
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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin from freezer
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Ambrato/ambre/amber vermouth chilled
¹⁄₂₄ oz	Kummel liqueur

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist and skewered Fragata Green Olive.

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Express lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.
Garnish with skewered olive.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Ambrato/ambre/amber 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 touch of kümmel. Your choice of dry vermouth (you need a characterful one) and temperature are key to this cocktail's success. Freeze/chill all ingredients and the glass prior to mixing and it can be brilliant.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Hugo R. Ensslin's 1917 Recipes for Mixed Drinks (2nd Edition).

ALLIES COCKTAIL.
½ French Vermouth
½ English Gin
2 dashes Russian Kummel
Stir well in a mixing glass with cracked ice, strain and serve.
Hugo R. Ensslin, 1917

Created during World War I (1914-1918), this cocktail refers to an alliance between English gin, French vermouth and (Russian) kummel (the origins of which are linked to Tsar Peter the Great).

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Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
23.39% alc./vol. (23.39° proof)
23.7 grams of pure alcohol

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