Serve in a
Martini glassGarnish:
Olive on stick
How to make:
STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled glass.
| 2 1⁄2 fl oz | Rutte Dry Gin |
| 1⁄4 fl oz | Olive brine (from jarred olive) |
| 1⁄4 fl oz | Noilly Prat Extra Dry |
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AKA:
F.D.R. Martini after the American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Comment:
This drink varies from delicious to disgusting, depending on the liquid in your jar of olives. Oil will provide a revolting emulsion: make sure that your olives are packed in brine.
Variant:
Substitute vodka for gin.
About:
Some attribute the creation of this drink to Roosevelt: the 32nd president was a keen home bartender, although his cocktails were reportedly 'horrendous' and there is no evidence that he used olive brine in his Martinis.
Also see our Dry Martini page.
