Name: Nick and Nora
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 15 ml Dry vermouth

Nick & Nora
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Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of skewered Fragata Green Olives.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with skewered olives.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A classic Three-to-One Dry Martini served in bijou proportions.

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History:

Created in circa 1934 and named after Nick and Nora Charles, the flirtatious married couple at the centre of Dashiell Hammett's 1933 The Thin Man story serialised in Redbook Magazine. Published as Prohibition was ending, Nick is a hard-drinking retired detective and his wife Nora a wealthy heiress, both embrace cocktail culture. The Thin Man was published as a novel in 1934 and then a series of movies.

In the novel, Nick and Nora shake their Martinis and Nick tells a bartender, "The important thing is the rhythm. Always have rhythm in your shaking. Now a Manhattan you shake to fox-trot time, a Bronx to two-step time, a Dry Martini you always shake to waltz time." Hence, some insist a Nick and Nora Martini should be shaken rather than stirred.

In the movie, the detective duo drink from what has become known as a Nick & Nora glass so this has become the default for this scaled-down to fit Dry Martini.

Nutrition:

One serving of Nick & Nora contains 117 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
27.87% alc./vol. (27.87° proof)
16.7 grams of pure alcohol

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John Hinojos

13th July 2023 at 00:18

With the limited ingredients, it is critical that you use the best quality you can afford. It is also advisable to have your ingredients super cold (freezer). The cocktail is very flavourful with bursts of herbal tastes.

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Jakob Kraft

1st July 2023 at 20:34

I must contradict the instructions on this one because, regardless of one's preferences for their own Martinis, if you're going to make a Nick & Nora: "Always have rhythm in your shaking...a dry martini, you always shake to waltz-time."

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