Recipe. You Won't Want To Miss This!
Shaken, Not Stirred. Well, Kind Of.
Father's Day Recipes. Did you know that this year Father’s Day and National Martini Day are one-in-the-same? Of course you didn’t, but Tina Folks did. She thought that maybe the universe was telling us something… or at least decided to have a little fun with it!! So, in fact, today’s recipes are a set up for tomorrow’s AMAZING FATHER’S DAY post from Tina Folks. Please feel free to practice your cocktail making skills ahead of time!
From Tina, the Honeydew Martini
3 oz vodka
1/2 oz Midori
1/2 oz Triple Sec
Fill cocktail shaker 1/2 way with crushed ice
Pour all ingredients in with it
Shake well
Strain mixture into a chilled martini glass
Garnish with a slice of orange
And for those Dads the Prefer the Traditional
Extra Dry Vodka Martini
Dry vermouth
Your favorite vodka
Large green martini olives, 3 per martini, placed in a bowl
Ice
Set your martini glass and stainless steel shaker out ready for use. If you don’t have a martini shaker, a not too large glass pitcher will also work.
Fill the shaker with ice cubes. Pour vodka into the shaker at least 2/3 of the way to the top. Set aside for just a moment.
Pour approximately 1/2 shot of vermouth into the martini glass. Swirl around, coating the inside of the glass as far to the top as you can, and spill out, leaving no collected vermouth in the bottom of the glass.
The shaker should feel ice cold to the touch and you should see condensation on the outside. With the lid on, do a combo shake-stir which is a less than vigorous shake, while swirling the vodka around in the shaker at the same time. This should take less than one minute.
Pour the vodka (with no ice—this is straight up) into the martini glass. Place 3 olives on a toothpick. Do not dry them. Put the olive-pick into the glass and serve. If you don’t have toothpicks you can add the 3 olives individually to the glass.
Makes 1 martini.
Favorite vodkas: Kettle One and Grey Goose.
Rated best dry vermouth for vodka martinis: Dolin, Noilly , Martini & Rossi, Vya, and from the East End, VerVino from Channing Daughters (Bridgehampton).
Martini olives should be large, green and firm. We prefer Santa Barbara or Silver Palate, but there are many good selections—with or without pimentos—we prefer without.
Whatever you plan to do with a Dad in your life, and whether or not it involves a cocktail, we encourage you to try to spend some time together doing something you enjoy!! Hallmark holiday or no, it’s always a good time to take a moment to smell the roses—together.
