Dry Martini No. 2
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Dry Martini No. 2
Photographed in an Urban Bar Verdot Small Martini Glass 12.5cl
| 1 1⁄3 oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
| 3⁄4 oz | Hayman's Old Tom Gin |
| 1⁄4 oz | Strucchi Dry Vermouth |
| 1⁄6 oz | Lustau Oloroso Don Nuño Sherry |
| 1 dash | Orange Bitters by Angostura |
| 1 drop | Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) |
How to make:
- Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
- Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist expressed and discarded. Two skewered chilled Fragata Green Olives..
- STIR all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Allergens:
Recipe contains the following allergens:
- Dry vermouth, Oloroso sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
My preferred five-to-one Dry Martini with a split base of gins and a splash of sherry.
History:
Adapted from the sherry-influenced "Martini Cocktail No. 2" in the 1898 book Cocktails... How To Make Them but with the dry vermouth stipulated in the Marguerite cocktail above. The split base of gins also reflects the combination of two recipes.
Marguerite Cocktail.
Jacob Abraham Grohusko, Jack's Manual, 1910
Bitters
Plymouth Gin
French Vermouth
HALF a mixing-glass full of fine ice, three dashes of orange bitters, one-half jigger of Plymouth gin, one-half jigger of French Vermouth. Mix, strain into cocktail-glass. Place an olive in the bottom of glass and serve.
Martini Cocktail – No. 1.
Bitters
Gin
Italian Vermouth
Lemon peel
HALF a mixing-glass full of fine ice, three dashes orange bitters, on-half jigger Tom gin, one-half jigger Italian vermouth, a piece lemon peel. Mix, strain into cocktail-glass.
Martini Cocktail – No. 2.
Bitters
Tom Gin
Italian Vermouth
Sherry
Lemon peel
Fill a mixing-glass full of fine ice. Add two dashes Boker's bitters, on-half jigger Tom gin, one-half jigger Italian vermouth, half a teaspoon-ful sherry, piece of lemon peel. Mix, and strain into cocktail-glass.
Nutrition:
One serving of Dry Martini No. 2 contains 149 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.6 standard drinks
- 29.51% alc./vol. (29.51° proof)
- 22.2 grams of pure alcohol
Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.
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Vermouth di Torino Dry since Strucchi is hard to find in the US. Still a wonderfully complex and enjoyable drink.