Secret Ingredients
- 2 ounces gin (or vodka)
- 1/2 ounce dry vermouth
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dry vermouth
- 1 teaspoon dry vermouth
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Directions
- Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice; shake vigorously.
- Strain into a chilled glass.
- Garnish with olive.
- **Cajun Martini: substitute jalapeno-infused vodka or gin for regular gin; garnish with a pickled tomato or okra, or a tiny whole red or green chile.
- **Dirty Martini: add 1 to 2 teaspoons olive brine.
- **Fino Martini: substitute 2 teaspoons fino sherry for the vermouth.
- **Gibson: garnish with a cocktail onion.
- **Paisley Martini: reduce vermouth to 1 1/2 teaspoon; add 1 teaspoon Scotch; garnish with lemon twist.
- **Perfect Martini: use half sweet vermouth and half dry vermouth; garnish with orange slice.
- **Rumtini: substitute light rum for gin; garnish with lime twist.
- **Saketini: substitute sake for the vermouth; garnish with lemon twist or olive.
- **Scotini: substitute Scotch for the vermouth; garnish with lemon twist.
- **Sweet Martini: substitute sweet vermouth for the dry vermouth; garnish with orange slice.
- Tequini: substitute tequila for gin.
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