Best Martini Recipes

"Stirred not Shaken", these words, by James Bond are what put the martini on the map. The martini gets its name from the place of its creation, Martinez. Then garnished with a Cherry, the martini has gone through a lot of changes. The modern martini can be an appletini or a chocolate martini, there are so many variations, but all taste great…

Here are some of the Best Martini Recipes:

The Modern Martini
Ingredients:

• Gin 2 ½ ounces
• Dry Vermouth ½ ounce
• Lemon twist or 1 green olive for garnishing.

Preparation:

• Pour all the ingredients into a glass for mixing along with ice cubes.
• Stir all these ingredients well.
• Use a strainer and strain into a chilled martini glass.
• Top with lemon twist or green olive depending on your choice.

Chocolate Martini
There is nothing better than chocolates in the world, but there is one thing, Chocolates combined with Martinis. Chocolate Martini you say? How will it be, why not give it a shot at the next party you host and watch your guests drool.
Here is the recipe for a Chocolate Martini:
Ingredients:

• Godiva Dark chocolate liqueur, 2 ounces.
• Crème de Cacao, 2 ounces.
• Half and half, 1 ounce.
• Freezing Golden Barr Chocolate Vodka, 2 ounces.
• Shaved White Chocolate, 1 tablespoon.
• Martini glasses, well chilled.

Preparation:

• Mix the Godiva chocolate liqueur, Crème de Cacao and the Chocolate Vodka in a cocktail shaker half filled with cracked ice.
• Shake this mixture for a whole minute or two.
• Pour the half and half to the mixture in a circular motion.
• Use a strainer to strain the chocolate mix in a martini glass.
• Garnish each glass with a tablespoon of shaved white chocolate.
• Sip and indulge in pure heaven.

Apple Martini
Go to any bar and ask about the most popular drink among the ladies and the bar tender will tell you appletini or the apple martini without blinking an eyelid. So the next time you want to score with the ladies, impress them with your very own apple martini. Here is the recipe:
Ingredients:

• Apple Vodka, 10 ounces.
• Green Apple Vodka, 1 ounce.
• 1 firm green apple washed and peeled.
• Apple Schnapps, 1 ounce.
• 2 cinnamon sticks.
• Apple flavored cocktail candy sugar.
• Half a lemon.

Preparation:

• Mix the apple vodka, green apple vodka and apple schnapps into a shaker
• Add the apple flavored cocktail candy to a shaker.
• Cut the lemon into a quarter and squeeze into the shaker.
• Now shake this mixture for a minute or two.
• Use a strainer to strain the concoction into a chilled martini glass.
• Put a cinnamon stick into the martin glass.
• Grate a small section of the green apple into the glass.

Lemondrop Martini
This is a new recipe, and one that requires an acquired taste and puckered face. Here is the recipe:
Ingredients:

• Citrus Twist Vodka, 4 ounces.
• Dry vermouth, ½ teaspoon.
• Lemon twist cocktail candy.
• Twist of a lemon.
• 1 thin lemon wedge or slice.
• Limon cello, 1 teaspoon.

Preparation:

• Prepare your martini glass by rimming the edge with lemon twist cocktail candy and chilling it in the freezer.
• Mix the citrus vodka, dry vermouth and Limon cello into a shaker with 3/4th ice filled in it.
• Shake well for a minute or two.
• Pour the delectable concoction into the chilled martini glass using a strainer.
• Garnish the glass with slit lemon slice and lemon twist.