Vodka Martini
Cold, clean, classic
The Martini's smoother cousin. Vodka trades gin's botanical bite for clean, cold neutrality, letting the chill and the dilution do the talking. A blank canvas that lives or dies by how cold you keep it.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 oz Vodka
- 1/2 oz Dry Vermouth
Method
Add vodka and dry vermouth to a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir for 20-30 seconds until thoroughly chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist or an olive.
Jerome Zerbe is credited as inventor per Ted Saucier's 1951 Bottoms Up (not 1952), though earlier documented recipes appear in a 1935 Smirnoff pamphlet. Oscar Haimo's 1943 Cocktail Digest featured a version he renamed 'Kangaroo Kicker.' David Embury's 1948 'The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks' actually criticized the vodka martini rather than documenting it. Post-Prohibition New York origin. Per Difford's Guide #2054.
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