The Improved Dirty Martini

5 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 375 milliliters dry vermouth, preferably Noilly Prat
  • 1/2 cup chopped Cerignola olives
  • 1 1/2 ounces navy-strength gin, preferably Perrys Tot
  • A few drops of extra-virgin olive oil
  • Mixed olives, for serving

Directions

  1. 1
    Combine vermouth and chopped olives in a sealed glass container and let sit for 3 days.
  2. 2
    Shake periodically.
  3. 3
    Chill a cocktail glass by filling it with ice or putting it in the freezer for about 5 minutes.
  4. 4
    In a mixing glass filled three-quarters full with ice, pour the gin and 1 1/2 ounces of the infused vermouth.
  5. 5
    Stir until chilled, about 30 seconds, and strain into the chilled glass.
  6. 6
    Carefully drip a few drops of olive oil (with an eye-dropper, if possible) onto the drinks surface.
  7. 7
    Serve with a small dish of mixed olives.

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