Dirty Martini
Just a twist on the standard martini, however this drink is shaken, not stirred, to infuse the olive brine into the gin and vermouth.
Equipment
- Cocktail Shaker
- Bar Jigger
Ingredients
- 2½ oz dry gin, chilled
- ½ oz dry vermouth, chilled, goes without saying
- ½ oz olive brine
- ice as needed
- cocktail spear, or toothpick
- 3 green olives with pimento
- 1 cocktail glass, chilled
Instructions
- Spear the olives and place in the chilled cocktail glass.
- Add handful of ice to a cocktail shaker, add the gin, vermouth, and olive brine to the shaker, cap and shake until well chilled.
- Strain into the glass, serve and enjoy.
