Simple & Elegant Martini

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Discerning Drinkers (14 ratings)

Photographed in a Nude Bar/Giani Martini Glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin from freezer
12 oz Ketel One Vodka from freezer
12 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth chilled
1 dash Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist or Fragata Green Olive.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Express lemon zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish &/or adorn with skewered olive.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10

Review:

Just as the name promises. It's the Creole bitters that distinguish this Five to One Dry Martini apart.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2025 by Giorgio Bargiani to mark the launch of his Bar/Giani Collection in collaboration with Nude glassware.

Nutrition:

One serving of Simple & Elegant Martini contains 183 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.9 standard drinks
  • 29.23% alc./vol. (29.23° proof)
  • 26.4 grams of pure alcohol

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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
9th May at 00:30
Made the cocktail as described and found the bitters needed upping. Added another dash and the bitters really shone through the cocktail. Since the Peychaud's bitters are from New Orleans, added a spritz of Absinthe on the top. Absinthe did not overpower the cocktail, my initial concern, put pull the herbal flavours out of the gin and bitters. Revised version on my favourites.
Ignacio Seligra’s Avatar Ignacio Seligra
5th May at 17:48
Peychaud's imparts the nice pink color but nothing else, that I could perceive. Maybe other drinkers will tell the difference, but for me it was just another nice 5:1 dry martini with a slightly different color.
Peter Shaw’s Avatar Peter Shaw
27th April at 06:19
Perfect texture (with Tanq 10 and vodka straight from the freezer) and the Peychauds adds a lovely colour and flavour that pushes it to exceptional
Andy Parnell-Hopkinson’s Avatar Andy Parnell-Hopkinson
26th April at 21:44
Not unpleasant, just underwhelming. Next time (there will be a next time) I shall skip the vodka, temper the vermouth and up the Peychaud. If that doesn't save it, nothing will.
Andy Parnell-Hopkinson’s Avatar Andy Parnell-Hopkinson
10th May at 07:27
My theory held. Basically a pink martini but none the worse for that.