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Extra Time Martini

Name: Extra Time Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Vodka; 45 ml Dry vermouth; 15 ml Gin; 15 ml Fino sherry

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (6)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Ketel One Vodka (from freezer)
1 1/2 fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth (chilled)
1/2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin (from freezer)
1/2 fl oz	Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry (chilled)

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Verdot Small Martini Glass 12.5cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of prepare garnish of Lemon zest twist and chocolate mini football or other fitting cake decoration..

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.
Garnish with skewered olive and perhaps also a football-related decoration.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Extra Time Martini contains 198 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
22.66% alc./vol. (45.31° proof)
27.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth, Fino sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Created in May 2026 by yours truly for the 2026 World Cup. Football is a game of two 45-minute halves. However, in knockout matches such as the World Cup, if the score is tied after the standard 90 minutes, then 30 minutes of extra time are played. If no winner emerges after this, the match is decided by a penalty shootout.

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Review

The two 45-minute halves, plus two 15-minute halves of a football (soccer) match that runs into extra time, translated into the proportions of a Martini.