Alton Brown's Martini

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 cup crushed ice, plus extra for chilling glass
• 1/2 ounce dry vermouth
• 2 1/2 ounces gin
• 1 olive (i prefer a twist of lemon)

Recipe

• 1 place some crushed ice into the martini glass you will be serving in, and set aside.
• 2 place the 1 cup of crushed ice into a cocktail shaker. pour in the vermouth and swirl it around, making as much contact as possible with the ice. using a strainer, pour the vermouth out. add the gin and stir well to combine.
• 3 remove the ice from your serving glass and add the twist or olive. using the strainer, pour the gin into the serving glass.
• 4 i admit that, since i have gotten older, i sometimes add a little of the crushed ice to my glass. makes it easier to have the second one.