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Dirty martini

Preparation time

less than 30 mins

Cooking time

no cooking required

Serves

Serves 1

Recommended by

6 people

Dietary

Vegetarian

Butter-wouldn’t-melt Sophie Dahl adds olive brine to this classic combo of vodka and vermouth to dirty up her Martini.

By Sophie Dahl

From The Delicious Miss Dahl

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Ingredients

70ml/2fl oz vodka or gin
1 tbsp dry vermouth
2 tbsp olive brine
1 wedge of lemon
1 green olive

Method

Pour the vodka, dry vermouth and olive brine into a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice and shake well.
Rub the rim of a martini glass with the wedge of lemon.
Strain the contents of the cocktail shaker into the glass and add the olive.