In Season 4 of Leverage Parker finagles a phone number off a mark in "The 15 Minute Job" in a bar while he literally slurping a huge martini!! And...when I think of Leverage I have always thought of cocktails and more cocktails, and I am admitted Martini admirer--used to be even a purist on the subject. So here's the classic martini with a few classic variations.
The classic does taste of vermouth.
1 1/2 oz. good gin (I love Bombay!)
1/4 oz dry vermouth
1 cocktail shaker
Ice
1 Martini glass (frozen if possible)
1 green olive (truly, the classic is an unstuffed olive)
Add the gin and vermouth to cocktail shaker, and shake only enough to feel a frozen sensation on the hands. Strain into glass and garnish with single olive. Simple but still one of the greatest drinks of all time.
Variations:
Of course these days there are so many drinks that are called "martinis" that bear little resemblance to the original drinks, however, there have always been a few genuine variations on the original drink that are classics unto themselves--funny thing is, many of them are all but forgotten in the sea of other martinis.
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| Still a favorite and my personal number 1 cocktail The Dry Marinti |
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| Sweet Martini |
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| The Perfect Martini--meaning that it is made with both Dry and Sweet Vermouth |
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| Another personal favorite: The Dirty Martini |
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| Smokey Martini |
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| Martini with Twist |
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| The Gibson |
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