Name: Californian Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Vodka; 20 ml Grand Marnier; 15 ml Dry vermouth; 1 dash Orange bitters

Californian Martini
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Glass:

Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Ketel One Vodka from freezer
²⁄₃ fl oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth chilled
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

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 medium dry, fragrant, orange Martini

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Nutrition:

One serving of Californian Martini contains 179 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
28.41% alc./vol. (56.83° proof)
24.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Dennis Pipes

23rd May at 00:13

Decided to try this with Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish gin instead of vodka and couldn't be more pleased. Orange comes through and the herbal notes linger.

Jim Morton

22nd May at 17:56

A friend of mine gave me a bottle of Domain de Canton French ginger liqueur. I tried this recipe using that instead of Grand Marnier. Highly recommended.

Susie Bright

27th May at 02:17

This sounds like my jam.

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Nick Marks

28th January 2025 at 17:19

As per the above recipe other than i also put three Perello Gordal Picante olives into it as the garnish, wonderful

Toby James

27th May at 03:43

Can we please start to collectively shun anyone using olives that aren't the Perello kind? So unnecessary. There need to be some serious social consequences.

Kevin Haynes

8th June 2022 at 22:11

Didn’t really click for me, but I can see the appeal to others. Maybe different proportions it would be something I’d desire, or maybe gin based instead of vodka based.

JACQUELINE KIRK

2nd May 2022 at 16:52

Watching the Golden State Warriors in the 2022 NBA playoffs quaffing this haha. This is really sursprising, thought it would be too sweet but it's perfect! If I have enough of them and I will forget we let Chris Chiozza play this year. California LOVE!

Jeremy Harrold

17th February 2022 at 18:19

Botanicals and orange and strong!

G. M. Genovese

9th October 2021 at 14:50

Whoa! Was not expecting these flavors, but I did use the bison grass vodka, so the profile was fortunately skewed... Happy accident, though... One of the more intriguing stirred cocktails I've tried (this week). Ooh, baby, make this one again! (9 Oct 2021, 10:50a)

John Hinojos

9th June 2021 at 00:22

This was a surprise. I thought it would be sweet, but there is just a touch of sweetness. Well balanced flavours with a hint of orange.

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