Dirty Martini from the Flying Fish

[Tinkerbellmom33]

Anyone have a recipe for this? Dh loved it and wants one for the Super Bowl

 

[Warmwinds]

Is it different from a regular Dirty Martini (just putting some of the olive juice from the jar into the drink)?

 

[wildernesslodgelover]

dirties are my "drink of choice." I make them all the time at home, but I always drink vodka martinis. Did your DH get a gin martini, or vodka?

Either way...I put the good quality vodka (when at home I use Ketel One or Grey Goose) in the shaker. A tiny, TEENSY dash of vermouth (I only use maybe a 1/4 tsp and sometimes I skip it all together)) and a dash of olive juice. Shake well and serve up in a martini glass.

I like to take pitted olives and fill them w/blue cheese and drop that in the drink as well. YUM!

 

[Tinkerbellmom33]

I don't even know!!
I'll ask and check back in. He had them at the Flying Fish and thought they were great. I looked it up on line and there are different recipes. He wants to make the one from that restaurant. I checked allears, but all they have is food, a few drinks from the Dsney cruise. He did say the olive was stuffed with pepper though, not pimento. Maybe that changed the taste?

 

[Tinkerbellmom33]

Thanks for the recipe wildernesslodgelover. I might just use that one and see.

 

[suffolkprincess]

I prefer gin, and here is my recipe--

First get nice martini olives from a specialty store (for just DH and I we use lame ones from the Food Lion but for this first attempt, get something nice-- and pepper stuffed ones are yummy. I think Williams Sonoma sells really good ones.)

I make mine in my shaker-- crushed ice, then 2.5 oz gin and about .5 oz dry vermouth (NO MORE, and you can certainly use a little less.) Make sure its dry vermouth, not sweet! Then I put about 2 oz of olive juice in there. I also drop a couple olives that I have broken open into the shaker. Shake it up, and strain into a glass over at LEAST 3 olives. The drink should be cloudy and smell salty...

have fun!

OH-- Tanqueray makes a really good dirty martini. But seagrams is fine, really. Don't even bother with a super high end or boutique gin because the olive juice will overpower the "delicate flavoring" that those gins have-- and I do love high end gin, but its a waste in a dirty martini! HOWEVER-- DO use a good vodka, because you want the nice clean brightness of a good vodka in a martini. Cheaper vodkas (which are fine, say, in long island iced teas or such) give everything a mediciney vibe.

 

[Warmwinds]

The "dirty" part, no matter what kind of vodka or gin you use, comes from the olive juice in the jar...extra dirty is just more olive juice.

I love the olives stuffed with blue cheese...mmm...

 

[Tinkerbellmom33]

awesome!! Thanks for the responses!
He's not a big vodka fan, so maybe I'll try vermouth.(...oops, meant gin)

I'm a blue cheese olive fan too.

 

[Warmwinds]

My husband is really into martinis and we have a couple of recipe books - it basically can be anything you want, BUT, I don't think I've ever heard of one that is straight vermouth - vermouth you usually just add a dash. The main part of a martini is either vodka or gin. Gin has a very strong, distinctive taste that a lot of people don't like (me) so maybe you better wait on the Super Bowl Special until you're sure what he actually had and liked!

 

[Dana49]

dirties are my "drink of choice." I make them all the time at home, but I always drink vodka martinis. Did your DH get a gin martini, or vodka?

Either way...I put the good quality vodka (when at home I use Ketel One or Grey Goose) in the shaker. A tiny, TEENSY dash of vermouth (I only use maybe a 1/4 tsp and sometimes I skip it all together)) and a dash of olive juice. Shake well and serve up in a martini glass.

I like to take pitted olives and fill them w/blue cheese and drop that in the drink as well. YUM!

Perfect, simply perfect!

 

[TheRustyScupper]

There are two type of "dirty martinis", and you pick your option.

1) Equipment needed
. . . mixing glass/vessel (stainless steel preferred, for good cold transfer)
. . . mixing spoon with long neck
. . . 1-ounce shot glass
. . . 7-ounce martini glass
. . . gin or vodka (to taste)
. . . dry vermouth
. . . olives
. . . bleu cheese (if this option is selected)

2) Base martini - either gin or vodka
. . . fill martini glass with ice (to frost glass) and leave sit while doing below
. . . pour 1-ounce dry vermouth into mixing glass filled with ice
. . . empty vermouth from mixing glass (vermouth just coats the ice)
. . . pour up to 3-ounces of gin or vodka into mixing glass
. . . stir mixing glass with spoon (NEVER shake a pure-booze drink, just stir) *
. . . empty martini glass of ice
. . . pour gin or vodka from mixing glass into chilled martini glass, while straining out the ice

3) Dirty portion of Martini (pick an option)
. . . add olives, plus pour 1 teaspoon olive juice into martini glass (no stirring)
. . . add olives, but stuff the olives with bleu cheese

* Stir booze-only drinks to keep them from "clouding". Shake drinks with fruit juice, etc to blend and cloud the drink. This is a standard of bar-tending and taught everywhere. We were carefully preached on the difference, and critisized if we got it mixed-up. Unfortunately, James Bond, did get it wrong!

 

[wildernesslodgelover]

* Stir booze-only drinks to keep them from "clouding". Shake drinks with fruit juice, etc to blend and cloud the drink. This is a standard of bar-tending and taught everywhere. We were carefully preached on the difference, and critisized if we got it mixed-up. Unfortunately, James Bond, did get it wrong!

Well, if James Bond got it wrong, so did every bar and nightclub I have ever been to! I like the martini shaken, I find it aerates it, and anyway, the olive juice is going to make it cloudy no matter what.

The "perfect" martini is very subjective. There is an old story that says if you ever get lost alone in the wilderness, you should immediately begin making a martini. At least 3 people will come out of the bushes and from behind rocks to tell you you are doing it wrong!