The Quarantini

The Quarantini - My Favorite Dry Martini 

This is, hands down, my favorite martini recipe.  It's dry, slightly bitter, and has a refreshing citrus nose.  It's the perfect drink to help you wind down after a long day of quarantining.  Like many traditional all alcohol cocktails, this is stirred, not shaken. 

The Ingredients

• Ice
• Cocktail Shaker
• Heavy Splash (1/4 oz) Dry Vermouth 
• Bitters, 4 or 5 Shakes (grapefruit bitters are my favorite for this drink)
• 3 oz Dry Gin (you could use vodka here, but you'll miss the floral and bitter wake-up from Gin).
• Lemon peel for garnish, a nice fat slice. 

Assembly:

1. Place 1 handfull of ice in a cocktail shaker, and one handfull of ice in your favorite martini glass.
2. Add your heavy splash of Vermouth to the iced cocktail shaker and stir the shaker until you the outside of the shaker is cold.
3. Strain out most of the Vermouth and reserve the ice.
4. Add 4 or 5 shakes of Bitters to the shaker.
5. Add your 3 oz of Dry Gin (or 2, 1.5 oz jiggers).
6. Stir again until the shaker is frosty.
7. Dump out the ice from your martini glass, twist your lemon peel over the glass, and rub it around the rim, and leave the peel in the glass.
8. Strain the cocktail into your martini glass and quarantine responsibly.