Experience Martini

Posted: October 11th, 2009, Author: Tommy, Under: Cocktail ideas

If the answer is too easy, you probably didn’t ask the right question, so I am asking you, when it comes to cocktails, are you experienced?

From this I began to develop a cocktail concept for a Martini, which could actually be applied to many different ones.

IDEA

My idea came from the fact that I had some lemongrass left over so I wanted to create something with it.

The first common idea that came in my mind was to create lemongrass straws, as they are used in Asian countries, so that was pretty easy, just cut the bottom off, undo the leaves one by one and roll them in your hands till they will be closed side by side like a straw.

 

METHOD AND INGREDIENTS

With the bottom bits I do the same thing to try to create like a “stopper” to put at the end of my straws, as shown in the picture.

Now is time for some cooking!

Choose the cocktail you would like to do, (I have chosen a Martini) and then choose a couple of ingredients that work with the cocktail. (I choose Punt e Mes as red sweet Vermouth and Green Noilly Prat as dry Vermouth).

 

Now what we need to do is a reduction of the 2 ingredients, putting one ingredient a time in a pan with sugar and rise the temperature making the water evaporate, and making our Vermouth much thicker, like a thick syrup texture.

 

For this I have done

3 parts of vermouth

1 part of sugar

Cook them one a time separately, and remember that while they are hot they look more liquid than when they are cold, and them let them rest in a small jug till cold.

 

As said above, when they are cold they are thick like honey, so what I want to do now is to dip a toothpick in the reduction and use it to coat the inside of the lemongrass straws, which it will not come out because of the lemongrass stopper with put in place earlier on.

 

Now make your gin Martini, mixing it with ice to chill it properly that we will serve in a chill Martini glass.

 

Serve with the straws in it explaining to your guest which is which, and they will have the chance to experience the different flavours of the gin with the Vermouth, drinking from one tasting like Gin dry martini, from the other straw with Punt e Mes tasting a Sweet gin Martini or from both at the same time experiencing a Perfect Martini!!!!!

The lemon grass will play its fresh part as well, giving you a taste of fresh lemon on your lips…

 

Are you experienced??????

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