Martini Recipe

Extra-Dry Martini

Actor Stanley Tucci’s martini recipe can be made with vodka or gin (there’s a time and place for both) and has just a whisper of vermouth.

Total: 5 minutes

Yield: Makes 1

Ingredients:

• ½ oz. dry vermouth
• 2–3 oz. high-quality gin or vodka
• Lemon twist or olives (for serving)

Instruction:

1. Fill a glass beaker or cocktail shaker with ice and pour in vermouth. Stir 15 seconds, then let sit 30 seconds. Stir again, then strain out and discard vermouth. Pour gin into beaker and stir 30 seconds. Let sit 30 seconds, then stir again 30 seconds. Let sit another 30 seconds, then stir again quickly. Strain cocktail into a chilled glass. Garnish with a lemon twist or olives. Drink it. Become a new person. Editor’s note: This recipe was originally printed in our November 2021 issue. Head this way for more of our best gin cocktail recipes →

Martini

Make a classic martini at home with this foolproof recipe. Whether you like your martini with a twist of lemon or dirty with olives, this recipe is for you. Yields 1 cocktail as written; you can mix several at once if you’d like.

Prep: 5min

Total: 5min

Yield: 1

Serving Size: 1 gin martini (no olives/olive juice)

Nutrition Facts: servingSize 1 gin martini (no olives/olive juice), calories 154 calories, Sugar 0 g, Sodium 0.6 mg, Fat 0 g, Saturated Fat 0 g, Trans Fat 0 g, Carbohydrate 0.6 g, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, Cholesterol 0 mg

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces gin or vodka
• 1 ounce dry vermouth
• For a dirty martini: 1 to 3 teaspoons olive brine
• Garnish: Strip of lemon peel (for a twist) or 2 cocktail olives

Instruction:

1. Chill your martini glass by filling it to the brim with ice and water. Set it aside while you prepare the cocktail.
2. Next, fill a mixing glass with ice. Pour in the gin and vermouth. If you’d like a dirty martini, start with 1 teaspoon olive brine.
3. Use a mixing spoon to stir the mixture in a circular motion until it’s ice cold, about 30 seconds (which will seem like a long time, but it’s worth it). If you’re making a dirty martini, taste and add more brine by the teaspoon if desired.
4. Discard the ice and water in your martini glass. Strain the cold martini mixture into the cold glass. Garnish with a lemon twist or olives. Enjoy!

Martini

Our version of the ultimate classic cocktail is stirred, not shaken. Serve your martini with a twist of lemon, or an olive

Prep: 5min

Total: 5min

Yield: Makes 1

Nutrition Facts: calories 174 calories, Carbohydrate 0.4 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 0.4 grams sugar

Ingredients:

• 60ml gin or vodka
• 1 tbsp dry vermouth
• olive or lemon peel, to garnish

Instruction:

1. Stir the gin or vodka, dry vermouth and a little ice together or put them in a cocktail shaker to combine.
2. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Serve with an olive on a cocktail stick or a twist of lemon peel.

Beginners Guide for Making Martinis