Today is your lucky day. And why is your lucky day? Because by the time you finished this post, you’ll be able to prepare 3 of my favorite cocktail. They are called Vodka martini, litchi martini and at last, the mojito.
I will also cover the story behind each cocktail, how they are supposed to taste, how they became famous and I’ll teach you some tricks while preparing cocktails.
“Shaken not stirred”.
The vodka martini has become without a doubt famous thanks to the success of James Bond movies in the 1960. It is indeed, 007’s favorite cocktail .It has a really precise aspect thanks to the characteristic shape of the glass, the clearness of the vodka/vermouth and its olives.
The taste of vodka martini is really particular and there is NO single recipe for this one. Indeed, the preparation can vary depending on your customer's taste. It has a very contrasted taste in two levels. First, the vodka gives the strength of the taste whereas the martini gives smooth and a delicious taste. Then, there is the sweetness of the “sweet vermouth” combined with the saltiness of the olive. However I’ve seen many bartenders use “dry vermouth” instead of “sweet vermouth”. The dry vermouth isn’t sweet and gives the cocktail a very strong and refreshing taste. While drinking it, you got to make sure to drink the cocktail very slowly so the olives give its taste to the vodka martini.
There is a variant for this cocktail as well: “The dirty vodka martini”. Some people prefer their drink with olive juice. Since, this latter has a grey color, therefore, the clearness of the drinks disappears and this is why it looks dirtier.
The preparation is rather easy but before I start telling you my recipe, you all ought to know that there is no exact recipe for any cocktail. Like cooking, you have many ways of doing certain dishes. It is not chemistry. Some chef will innovate by adding a secret personal ingredient and so on. The ingredients required are ice, dry (or sweet) vermouth, vodka and olives. You’ll need a shaker as well.
Tips: Here is my first tip. Many of the cocktails lack of ice in the drink itself. Therefore, if you wait too long, the drink may warm due to the body heat (mostly because you are holding the drink). You can’t just put ice in the drinks because you may alter the taste since ice melts. The trick is to fill up the glass with ice while preparing the cocktail, which takes a little time. When the preparation is finished, you get rid of the ice and pour the drinks into the frozen glass. Some bartenders put their glasses in the fridge compartment to keep them real cold.
As for the proportion, it is very simple. First, fill up the shaker with ice (lots of ice). Then start with a fifty/fifty proportion of vodka and vermouth in the cocktail shaker. Since people have different taste, you can vary on the quantity proportion. As for me, since vodka has a really strong taste, I tend to put a little bit more vermouth then vodka. Shake the shaker until its ice cold. Then finally, pour the drink in the frozen glass without the ice. To customize the taste and the decoration, add a slice of lemon (optional). And voila ^^.
Now remember that this cocktail is rather a strong one since you’re mixing up two alcohols together. Indeed many other cocktails are diluted with soft drink or fruit juice. So you better go easy on the number glass you drink. This one can get you wasted in 3 drinks. As for me, only one is enough to make my day.
To be continued…
PS: I am saving the other recipes for the next post to come since this one is starting to become really long. Like many TV-show, it is a way to keep your audience entertained in the long term.
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