Gin Martini

The classic martini is an astounding alchemy of gin and vermouth with a sniff of lemon. It is simple elegant and flavourful it is one of the world’s most popular cocktails as no expertise is required to make it. After making this cocktail novice martini drinkers will better understand that premium mixers are necessary as is the careful balance of flavours required to create something that is more than the sum of its parts.

Ingredients

• Tanqueray gin
• Dolin’s dry vermouth
• 1 tsp. (5 ml) Lemon simple syrup
• lemon twist

Instructions

1. Chill martini glass (10 min in freezer or add ice blocks to glass prior to mixing)
2. Pour the gin and vermouth into the bottom of a cocktail shaker filled with ice
3. Stir gently with a bar spoon until combined
4. Add lemon simple syrup to martini glass and swirl to coat glass
5. Pour cocktail through strainer into a chilled martini glass
6. Add lemon twist to garnish