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Hey I'm Jocelyn and this is Sandra and it is Friday and we are having cocktails
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Mad Men style. Tonight we're gonna do the dry yeah we're gonna do a very dry
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gin martini and I feel like I should put on one of my 1950s dresses for this no
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yes no we don't have time but I'd like to. So we start with a chilled glass right
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Just ice and water, pretty easy. Right, and you can skip this step by putting your glass into the freezer in advance
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and letting it get nice and frosty. I never have room in my freezer for that, so I have to do this, but that's okay
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Yeah, yeah. Up it goes. So when you make a dry martini, it means very little vermouth
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Here's a funny thing about martinis. Back historically, they were mostly vermouth
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and it was like the opposite of what they are now. It was mostly vermouth and a touch of either gin or vodka
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depending on what you were making them with. That sounds terrible. Well then
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And thus, they are now where they are. So there. Evolution is a good thing
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We're using a really good, high-quality gin here. The drink is gin, so you want something you like
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and you want a good quality gin. Yeah, don't mess around. This is not a place to skip on your gin
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No. we're gonna put two if you're gonna be a martini drinker you're going to start
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learning a lot about your gins and vodka is whether you're a vodka person or a
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gin person you're gonna want good stuff and then we're gonna just take this
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remove this is like my favorite thing get rid of it toss it so dry so dry that
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We not even going to let that It just little legs running down So pretty I love the way the glass looks We got our little hand wipes
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All right. So my hand hurts from the cold from shaking this
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That means it's done. Now, some people will tell you that too much shaking bruises the gin
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Some people will tell you that it puts too much water into it
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I actually think that that water content from the dissolved ice, it really does give it a little more softness
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And I think you're going to like the drink better that way. It's so pretty, too. The little ice bits are like all coming together
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And it's lovely. You probably can't see the pretty ice courses. So then I'm going to put, I like mine dirty
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So dirty means you add olive juice to it. This is to your taste. You don't have to put it in there at all
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And then it's going to be a clean martini. I am a dirty, dirty martini girl
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She's a dirty girl. No, I'm a dirty, dirty martini girl. So I like at least three or four teaspoons full
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I love olives. They're so good. My mouth's kind of watering, thinking about olives anyway
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Well, you're about to have some. And then I'm going to add my pre-picked olives
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And I'm going to just drop that right in. Give it a swirl. Yummy, yummy, yummy. Thank you. See, thank you
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You know I don't like this. Mm-hmm. It's good. And I'm telling you, the gin makes all the difference
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A good, a good high-quality gin is absolutely necessary for this. Otherwise, it's going to burn all the way down your throat into your gullet
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And you're going to go, oh, my God. And it might burn coming back up. But a good gin makes a really good martini
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So enjoy martinis. this weekend and we will see you next Friday for another cocktail. Cheers. Bye
