Spanky's
Recipe for a Perfect Martini

YOU’LL NEED:

• Stainless steel cocktail shaker.
  
• Martini glasses--the larger the better.
  
• Shotglass.
  
• Gin--preferably Tanqueray.
  
• Vermouth--preferably Martini & Rossi Extra Dry.
  
• Fresh lemon.
  
• Quality cocktail olives.
  
• Sea salt.




THE DAY BEFORE:

• Prepare fresh ice using bottled or distilled water.
  
• Place ingredients in refrigerator; place glasses and shaker in freezer.
  
• Strain olives, then bathe them overnight in vermouth.




SPANKY’S PERFECT MARTINI FOR TWO:

Lubricate the rim of each chilled glass with a lemon wedge.


Into your shaker add:

• 10 ice cubes.
  
• 4 gin shots.
  
• 1/4 shot vermouth.
  
• Pinch of salt.
  
  
• Shake 40 times...and don’t worry about 'bruising the gin'.
  
• Strain into glasses, alternating between each.
  
• Place 1 vermouth-drenched olive into each glass.

And please enjoy because
this is a perfect martini.

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