Standard Gin Martini
- 6 ounces of freezing Bombay Sapphire or Mercury gin.
- 5 drops of Noilly Pratt dry vermouth.
- 2 small twists of lemon rind.
- 2 Picholine olives.
- Fill a glass martini shaker about 3/4 full of cracked, clean ice.
- Pour your gin into the shaker and let stand for sixty seconds. Count down from sixty to zero.
- Approach your shaker with caution, and loving apply the lid.
- Shake, shake, shake. About fifteen vigorous, diagonal shakes should do the trick.
- Put that shaker down and get two well chilled martini glasses from the fridge or freezer. Allow the shaker to rest for about another sixty seconds.
- Into each glass drop two drops of vermouth (the fifth drop is just for good luck).
- Each glass gets a twist and an olive (the olive is optional--though we love em).
- Strain your very chilly gin into each glass.
- Chink and enjoy.
mercury, lemon rind, picholine
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/standard-gin-martini-1212095 (may not work)