Martini with olive

Martini with olive is a famous drink that is more than one hundred and fifty years old. There are many options for its preparation - the ingredients and proportions change, but the martini and strong alcohol remain unchanged. And, of course, olives. It is believed that without olives there will not be that soft, pleasant and piquant taste for which this cocktail is so famous.

Today we will prepare a popular drink on our own. So, where do we start?

We prepare a martini glass in advance (you can cool it in the freezer in advance - usually within an hour), olives, cheese, vodka and the martini itself. We will add not just an olive to the bottom of the wine glass, but we will stuff it with blue cheese. We will use a skewer to give the cocktail more sophistication. If in the old days an olive served only as a cocktail decoration, modern etiquette rules allow it to be eaten.

Large olives, which should already be pitted, are stuffed with Roquefort cheese. We put stuffed olives on a thin skewer for canapes. While we put the olives aside.

Pour the martini into the glass, make a circular motion so that the martini is distributed over the glass. We put the glass in the freezer for ten minutes.

When the time passes, we take out the wine glass. Pour vodka into a shaker filled with ice, shake well. We do it right: you need to shake the shaker strictly along a horizontal line or vertical. It is not necessary to shake the vodka for a long time, it is enough to do it for a minute. Our task is to cool the vodka. If you shake for too long, the ice will start to break and melt, and this will negatively affect the taste of the finished drink.

Pour vodka into a prepared martini glass. Add the olives and serve to the table.

Have fun meeting your friends! Delicious cocktails!