Cooking Lesson #665: Tom’s Bombay Sapphire Martini

From the Perspectives’ Happy Hour Bar

It’s Happy Hour Friday… How you doin’? Sitting on the patio recently with a bunch of friends I decided to make Martinis. Not just any old Martinis, but Tom’s Bombay Sapphire Martinis. First, who’s Tom? Tom is a highly successful plaintiffs’ attorney and our company counsel.
 
I always knew that Tom was obsessed with the art of barbecuing—just like me. That’s one reason we get along so well. One day we’re comparing barbecue equipment and recipes and both taking bragging rights for the best smokehouse meat results… and then the next day he’s in court taking on the bad guys. Pretty impressive!
 
Tom told me that he has enjoyed several of my recipes for libations and wanted to offer one or two of his own. Don’t worry, he won’t take you to court or send a bill if you mix this one up!
 
I have offered martini recipes in other Happy Hour blog posts, but this one I found most interesting and highly creative—but that’s Tom!
 
Ingredients
For the gin-juniper pre-mix
1-1/2 cups of Bombay Sapphire Gin
1/2 cup of juniper berries
 
For the martini
1/4 ounce almost any cold sweet vermouth kept in the refrigerator
2-3 teaspoons of the gin-juniper pre-mix.
2 ounces Bombay Sapphire Gin right from the freezer
Grapefruit twist and 3 green olives for garnish
 
To make the gin-juniper pre-mix

1. Using a small two-cup jar, I add the juniper berries and fill the jar with gin.
2. Put the pre-mix in the sun for a day or two, shaking occasionally.
3. Put the jar in the freezer.

To make the martini

1. In a bar mixing glass add the vermouth and swirl the glass to coat the sides.
2. Add two or three teaspoons of the juniper-gin premix and 2 ounces of gin.
3. Because everything is already cold, use only two very small ice cubes and do not shake or stir.
4. Serve in a large martini glass.
5. Garnish with a grapefruit twist and three small olives (for a little salt)

ChefSecret:  Because the martini is not watered down with ice cubes, this martini not only tastes very different but is devastatingly strong. Note: Tom doesn’t defend DWIs.

Quip of the Day:  They say a martini is like a woman’s breast: one ain’t enough and three is too many.     …The Parallax View
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