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Allies Martini

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

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Martini glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist and skewered green olive.

Method

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

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
23.39% alc./vol. (46.78° proof)
23.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Ambrato/ambre/amber vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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).

More cocktails by Hugo R. Esslinn

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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Chris Dimal 41w

Good 50-50 Martini. But the Kuemmel is completely missing. Used Helbings Kummel.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

Agree that this benefits from being served icy cold. So perhaps better shaken long than stirred?

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