A dry gin martini in a cocktail glass with a shaker next to it

Dry gin martini

Name: Dry gin martini
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 75ml London dry gin; 15ml dry vermouth; dash of orange bitters

Hannah Guinness

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Serves 1

Easy

Prep: 3 mins

plus chilling

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It only takes three ingredients to make a perfect dry gin martini. Garnish with a lemon peel twist or green olives

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Try our dry gin martini, then discover our espresso martini, beetroot vodka martini or passion fruit martini. Also discover our picante cocktail.

A martini is all about the ratio of spirit to vermouth – the more spirit you use, the drier the martini. We used a 5:1 ratio of gin to dry vermouth for this recipe, but you could use 4:1 or go drier with 6:1, 7:1, 8:1 or even higher – it all depends on your preference. Make sure you stir together the ingredients well with ice – the dilution this achieves is key to the final drink.

Dry gin martini recipe

Ingredients

75ml London dry gin
15ml dry vermouth
dash of orange bitters

Method

step 1

Put a martini glass in the freezer to chill for 20-30 mins. Put the gin, dry vermouth and orange bitters in a shaker or mixing glass with ice. Stir well for at least 20 seconds until very cold, then strain into the chilled glass and garnish with a lemon peel twist or olives.

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Hannah GuinnessSenior sub editor and drinks writer

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