Californian Martini

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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
1 2⁄3 oz Ketel One Vodka
3⁄4 oz Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
1⁄2 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

A medium dry, fragrant orange Martini

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Nutrition:

One serving of Californian Martini contains 185 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.8 standard drinks
  • 28.5% alc./vol. (28.5° proof)
  • 25 grams of pure alcohol

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Nick Marks’ Avatar Nick Marks
28th January at 17:19
As per the above recipe other than i also put three Perello Gordal Picante olives into it as the garnish, wonderful
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Kevin Haynes’ Avatar 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.
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JACQUELINE KIRK’s Avatar 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!
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Jeremy Harrold’s Avatar Jeremy Harrold
17th February 2022 at 18:19
Botanicals and orange and strong!
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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar 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)
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John Hinojos’ Avatar 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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