Perfect Vodka Martini recipe

Name: Perfect Vodka Martini
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 oz Vodka; 0.5 oz Dry Vermouth; 0.5 oz Sweet Vermouth; 1 dash Orange Bitters

A vodka-led Perfect Martini with balanced sweet and dry vermouth.

Method: Stir · Glass: Martini glass · Time: 3 min · Difficulty: Beginner · Family: The Martini Family

Ingredients

2 oz Vodka
0.5 oz Dry Vermouth
0.5 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 dash Orange Bitters

How to make a Perfect Vodka Martini

Chill a Martini glass and prepare an orange twist.
Add vodka, both vermouths and bitters to a mixing glass with ice.
Stir until very cold.
Fine strain into the chilled glass, express the orange twist and garnish.

Garnish

Orange twist.

Pro tip

An orange twist and orange bitters bridge the two vermouth styles and keep the vodka version aromatic rather than neutral.

History of the Perfect Vodka Martini

The Perfect Vodka Martini keeps the classic equal sweet-and-dry vermouth structure while changing the base spirit.

Flavour profile

Herbal, Citrus, Balanced, Silky

Variations

Perfect Martini — Return to the gin-led original
Fifty-Fifty Martini — Use equal gin and dry vermouth only

Practise making the Perfect Vodka Martini in the free Virtual Bar game.