Peter Shaw

Where along the line did the dashes of Maraschino become 7.5ml?

The medium martini doe not make it into either Shaken (The official 007 cocktail book) or Bond Cocktails (But I hadn't realised how often James asked for a Vodka Martini, shaken not stirred!!). I tried a Head to head with a Medium Martini (1922 recipe, Harry McElhone, quoted in the Martini Cocktail book) versus this recipe versus the Perfect Martini and , for me, the addition of the Orange bitters gives the Perfect Martini the edge.

By happy chance, I ordered Madenii Classic vermouth, rather than dry, and this lends itself to this cocktail - and slips down very easily.

Interesting: with most brandy based champagne cocktails, I really have to cut back on the brandy, but with the calvados, 30ml is fine. 5ml of my raspberry sugar syrup produces an attractive bright pink cocktail - excellent for social occasions.