Robert Simonson, longtime New York Times cocktail and spirits writer and author of “The Martini Cocktail: A Meditation on the World’s Greatest Drink” (Ten Speed Press), offers “Sunday Morning” viewers two classic martini recipes.
“I’m a purist,” he said. “If there’s no vermouth in there, I don’t know how you can call it a cocktail.”
Robert Simonson’s Martini
Ingredients:
2 ¼ ounces Hayman’s London Dry Gin
¾ ounce Dolin dry vermouth
2 dashes Regan orange bitters
Lemon twist for garnish
Instructions:
Combine liquid ingredients in a mixing glass half-filled with ice. Stir until chilled, about 15 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe or Martini glass. Express lemon twist over surface of the glass and drop in.
Robert’s Father’s Martini-on-the-Rocks
Ingredients:
2 ½ ounces Hayman’s London Dry Gin
½ ounce Dolin dry vermouth
Olives for garnish
Instructions:
Add liquid ingredients to a Double Old-Fashioned glass filled with a few ice cubes. Stir briefly. Garnish with either one or three olives.
For more info:
- “The Martini Cocktail: A Meditation on the World’s Greatest Drink, with Recipes” by Robert Simonson (Ten Speed Press), in Hardcover and eBook formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
- The Mix with Robert Simonson (Newsletter)
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